Journey Into Folk Song

A short-lived program hosted by Jacqueline Sharpe (now Steiner). Sharpe was active in the folk music scene in the 1950s and composed The MTA Song for a Boston mayoral candidate running on the Progressive Party line. It became a major hit for the Kingston Trio in 1959. She studied with Max Margulis. and performed at concerts in the Soviet Union in 1960-1961.

In a review of her LP No More War on Cutty Wren Records in 1967, the writer described her as "one of those clear-eyed, clear-voiced girls with boundless energy, a wordrobe of peasant skirts, with a repertory of skills."

Stories

The Abelard Song Book

Pete Seeger

Tony Scott--Songs of the Civil War

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