From the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village to the stage of Woodstock, folksingers became a powerful cultural force in the 1960s, Mixing music and politics, tradition and innovation, romance and righteousness, these men and women were outspoken voices for their generation, each with a story to tell.
In The Bleecker Street Tapes, a collection of intimate profiles and essays, veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock, a Village resident and clubgoer during its heyday, documents folk music's evolution from passing the hat to topping the charts.
- Dave Van Ronk
- Phil Ochs
- Richie Havens
- Tuli Kupferberg
- Melanie
- Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Eric Andersen
- Peter, Paul & Mary
- Roger McGuinn
- John Sebastian
- Peter Tork
- Maria Muldaur
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Janis Ian
- The Roches
- Harry Chapin
- Suzanne Vega
- Don McLean
- Leonard Cohen
