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Infobox musical artist| name = John Gorka| image = John Gorka at the Falcon Rodge Folk Festival.jpg| caption = John Gorka at the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival 2004| image_size =| landscape = Yes| background = solo_singer| birth_name =| alias =| Born = 1958| death_date =| origin = Edison, New Jersey , United States|US | instrument = Vocals, guitar | genre = Folk music|Folk | occupation = Songwriter , musician | years_active = 1980's–present| label = Windham Hill Records|Windham Hill , High Street Records|High Street , Red House Records|Red House | associated_acts =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments =| website = http://www.johngorka.com/ www.johngorka.com John Gorka (born 1958)Henkle, Doug, http://www.folklib.net/index/discog/birth2days.shtml "FolkLib Index" is a contemporary American folk music ian. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement."Wing, Eliza, Rolling Stone , August 8, 1991, p. 17
Biography
Gorka received his first guitar as a Christmas gift, though Gorka alleges that his older brother stole it from him shortly thereafter. He eventually learned, instead, to play the banjo , and began performing in a folk music group at his church.
Gorka attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and joined the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band (folk)|Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band which would also include guitarist Richard Shindell . He later began performing solo at the Godfrey Daniels coffee house as the opening act for various musicians who toured there. These included Nanci Griffith , Bill Morrissey , Claudia Schmidt and Jack Hardy (singer-songwriter)|Jack Hardy .
As of 2005, he was residing in the St. Croix Valley area near Saint Paul, Minnesota .
In 2008, Gorka decided to return to Europe for the first time in fourteen years. In October, he played four times in the Netherlands, he played live on VPRO radio and he did a session for the John Gorka video site.
In 2009, Gorka toured in the USA but also in Ireland and the Netherlands. In October, Red House Records released the CD "So Dark You See." Gorka's latest installment is considered a more intimate, vocal and guitar-centered record than the last two.
Discography
Studio albums
I Know (John Gorka album)|I Know ( Red House Records|Red House , 1987)
Land of the Bottom Line ( Windham Hill / High Street Records|High Street , 1990)
'' Jack's Crows (Windham Hill/High Street, 1991)
Temporary Road (Windham Hill/High Street, 1992)
Out of the Valley (Windham Hill/High Street, 1994)
Between Five and Seven (Windham Hill/High Street, 1996)
After Yesterday (Red House, 1998)
The Company You Keep (John Gorka album)|The Company You Keep (Red House, 2001)
See various issues of Fast Folk Musical Magazine for early recordings.
"I Saw a Stranger with Your Hair" on Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music (Windham Hill, 1989)
" I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day|Christmas Bells ", on '' A Winter's Solstice, Vol. III (Windham Hill, 1990)
" Love Minus Zero/No Limit " on A Tribute to Bob Dylan, Vol. 2 ( SIS Records|SIS , 1994)
"The Gypsy Life" on The Live from Mountain Stage , Vol. 8 (Blue Plate, 1995)
"Bracero" on '' What's That I Hear? : The Songs of Phil Ochs (Sliced Bread, 1998)
"Thirsty Boots" ( Eric Andersen ) on Bleecker Street: Greenwich Village in the 1960s (Astor Place Records, 1999)
" Girl from the North Country " on '' A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday (Red House, 2001)
"Do La Lay", "Things We've Handed Down" and others on Down at the Sea Hotel (La Montagne Secrète, 2007)
References
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External links
http://www.johngorka.com Official Website
http://www.aixrecords.com AIX Records Website
http://home.kpn.nl/f2hjhmvanvliet156/home.html "John Gorka videosite" a kind of John Gorka multi media site.
Persondata | NAME =Gorka, John | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1958 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Gorka, John Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:American baritones Category:American folk guitarists Category:American folk singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:Fast Folk artists Category:Kerrville New Folk Competition finalists Category:Musicians from New Jersey Category:People from Newark, New Jersey Category:Windham Hill Records artists
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