Browsing: Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame

He wrote many of his songs while working for the post office. He may have gone unnoticed were it not for a dare.

We continue our series honoring the FARHOF inductees with Richie Havens who rose to prominence during the Woodstock Music Festival in 1969.

This is part thirteen of our series of articles about the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame’s (FARHOF) inaugural class of inductees.

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Lead Belly’s songs have become folk music standards recorded by numerous performers in the past century.