Dave Van Ronk performs "Down South Blues" at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia as part of a 1997 concert honoring Harry Smith's 'Anthology of American Folk Music.' This previously unreleased ...

Today, Dave Van Ronk is practically a complete unknown. But once, the 6-foot-6 songwriter literally towered over Greenwich ...

The Bob Dylan canon is full of stories both tall and true. It’s the good, the bad, and the ugly that makes Dylan the most prolific songwriter in history. On the note of the bad and the ugly, Dylan has ...

His sound is as American as a Shaker chair ... or a Bible with a bullet hole in it: Dave Van Ronk. Lone man with a guitar. And the inspiration for the latest Coen Brothers movie, “Inside Llewyn Davis.

He was a bit like a bridge. And not just because he was big, or because he spanned an epoch stretching from Bob Dylan to Joni Mitchell to Jeff Tweedy. It’s just that if you wanted to go from mousy ...

Dave Van Ronk sings "St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues)" at The Barns at Wolf Trap in Vienna, Virginia during a 1997 concert honoring Harry Smith's 'Anthology of American Folk Music.' This ...

Known by many as the Mayor of MacDougal Street during the 1960s bustling Greenwich Village, New York City music scene, Dave Van Ronk is likely one of your favorite songwriter’s favorite songwriters.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

2002 - Folk singer Dave Van Ronk, who had been undergoing treatment for colon cancer, dies at New York University Medical Center. He is 65. By Billboard Staff 2002 – Folk singer Dave Van Ronk, who had ...

Noah Adams talks to folksinger and songwriter Tom Paxton about his friend and fellow folksinger Dave Van Ronk, who died Sunday at age 65. Van Ronk was a mother hen to many aspiring and later ...

Today Dave Van Ronk is practically a complete unknown - but he was once revered as a folk icon by Bob Dylan. Elijah Wald, musician and friend, tells this forgotten story. Show more Today, Dave Van ...