John Gorka at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, 2004
Background information
Born
(1958-07-27) July 27, 1958 (age 65) Colonia, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Folk
Occupation(s)
Songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitars, piano
Years active
1980s–present
Labels
Windham Hill, High Street, Red House
Website
www.johngorka.com
Musical artist
John Gorka (born July 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter.[1] In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."[2]
^Henkle, Doug, "FolkLib Index"
^Wing, Eliza, Rolling Stone, August 8, 1991, p. 17
JohnGorka (born July 27, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of...
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had sung harmony with JohnGorka in a concert on the World Trade Center plaza. She is a semi-regular collaborator with JohnGorka and appeared often with...
including Maine's Oddfellow Theater, where he was hired as an opening act for JohnGorka and Jonathan Edwards. A business executive named Ron Clayton discovered...
Kate and Anna McGarrigle, JohnGorka, Maura O'Connell, The Waifs. 2003: Lyle Lovett, Aimee Mann, John Hiatt, Ani DiFranco, John Prine, Joan Armatrading...
Artist 1958 "A Date With Jerry" Wanda Jackson 1990 "Promnight in Pigtown" JohnGorka 2000 "Teenage Dirtbag" Wheatus 2003 "In Love with the 80's (Pink Tux to...
dictionary. The Company You Keep may refer to: The Company You Keep (JohnGorka album) (2001) The Company You Keep (Alison Brown album) (2009) The Company...
other artists as well, including Bernard Wrigley, JohnGorka, Suzy Bogguss, Norm Hacking, Anne Hills, John McDermott (No. 18 Canada), The New Kingston Trio...
from about 1990 to 1997. Notable acts who recorded for the label include JohnGorka, Pierce Pettis, Patty Larkin, The Subdudes, Downy Mildew, and Dots Will...
would become his "home" venue, for the first time when he opened for JohnGorka in October 1989. Less than four years later he performed his first shows...
Shawn Colvin, Peter Wolf, Lucy Kaplansky, Bill Morrissey, Jonatha Brooke, JohnGorka, David Maxwell, Dennis Brennan, Jeanie Stahl, Ellis Paul, Mary Chapin...
Know (Tone Damli album) or the title song (see below), 2009 I Know, by JohnGorka, 1987 I Know, an EP by Bayonne, 2018 "I Know" (Aly & AJ song), 2017 "I...
album by folk singer-songwriter JohnGorka. It was released in August 1996. It is the last of the five albums Gorka recorded for Windham Hill/High Street...
the second album by contemporary folk singer-songwriter JohnGorka. The album was also Gorka's major label debut for High Street Records/Windham Hill Records...
Ochs, a two-CD set of 28 covers by artists that includes Billy Bragg, JohnGorka, Nanci Griffith, Arlo Guthrie, Magpie, Tom Paxton, and Peter Yarrow. The...
American folk musician JohnGorka covered Rogers' song "The Lockkeeper". "That's How Legends Are Made," a song from Gorka's 1990 album Land of The Bottom...
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