How did Folk Music Archives begin?
Frank Shane has known and performed with folk musicians since the early 60’s in Greenwich Village – his group played at The Bitter End and other Village coffee houses. In 1999 a public radio station asked him to interview Pete Seeger and The Kingston Trio. With a career in radio broadcasting and a love for folk music and the folk tradition, he agreed. As Shane put it: “Pete was gracious to invite me to his cabin for a three hour interview – – The Kingston Trio did interviews in San Antonio, Texas, and John Stewart flew to New York City. from his home in California.” According to Shane, “I couldn’t compromise the historical importance of the interviews for the sake of allowing them to be chopped into “sound bytes” all packed into 57-minutes, including, news, weather, commercials, promo’s, station I.D.’s, songs, music intro’s and credits.” The solution: Folk Music Archives.
