Biography: Irene Kelley, Iris DeMent, Irvan Perez, Irwin Silber, Isidore Soucy, Isla Cameron, Ivan Drever, Izzy Young,

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Irene Kelley Biography, Photos, Pictures

A native of Latrobe, PA, Irene Kelley first started playing music in a Led Zeppelin cover band in high school She got herself kicked out, however, for suggesting that they might try playing a Dolly Parton song, laying the groundwork for her first steps toward country music

One of the most celebrated country-folk performers of her day, singer/songwriter Iris Dement was born on January 5, 1961, in rural Paragould, AR, the youngest of 14 children

Some authorities speculate that Irvan Perez is possibly the last remaining performer of the Isleno culture’s decimas, traditional a cappella ballads that have their roots in the Middle Ages and are normally written in stanzas of ten lines each

Irwin Silber Biography, Photos, Pictures

Irwin Silber prospered as a writer, left-wing organizer, and book editor, but his greatest claim to fame originates from his editorial duties at Sing Out during the 1950s and 1960s

Isidore Soucy Biography, Photos, Pictures

Starting in the early ’20s, Isidore Soucy reigned over the French-Canadian fiddle scene like some kind of hefty king He was the first to cut records of many tunes that remain in the standard repertoire of this genre

Isla Cameron Biography, Photos, Pictures

Isla Cameron was one of a quartet of key figures in England’s postwar folk song revival — and to give a measure of her importance, the other three were Ewan MacColl, A

Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Ivan Drever has played an important role in the evolution of Scotland’s music for nearly three decades The chief songwriter for Celtic rock band, Wolfstone, since the early-1990s, his tunes have also been recorded by traditional Irish folk band, the Dubliners

In 1957, Izzy Young opened his Folklore Center on McDougal Street in the heart of Greenwich Village, just a year and a half before the American folk revival got underway While folklore centers have since become a recognizable America institution, no one was quite sure what they were or what purpose they served at the time

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