John Cohen

The 2019 edition of the Brooklyn Folk Festival happens April 5-7 at St. Ann's Church and this year's lineup includes Ian Felice, Amythyst Kiah, Joan Shelley, Jerron "Blindboy" Paxton and more.

The annual Brooklyn Folk Festival is coming up, happening on April 8-10 at Saint Ann’s Church in Brooklyn. As always, it features a mix of performances and fun workshops, events and activities. Performers include Michael Hurley, Spirit Family Reunion, Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton & more.

Celebrating folk music from near and far, the Brooklyn Folk Festival showcases 30 bands, workshops, film screenings and contests. Daptone gospel group Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, country blues and songster multi-instrumentalist Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, folk legend and songwriter Michael Hurley, old-time fiddle and banjo player Bruce Molsky, fiddle player Frank Fairfield, and intergenerational anti-folk collaborators Peter Stampfel & Jeffrey Lewis are among the performers at this year's Festival, held from April 17-19th...

Resolutely independent filmmaker Jem Cohen () and special guests musician Ian MacKaye (Evens, Fugazi, Minor Threat) and John Cohen () present an evening of screenings and discussion exploring folk, punk and underground filmmaking as forms of homemade expression...