Philadelphia Folk Festival

By TJ McGlinchey Photos By Bill Dolton & Lisa Schaffer By the grace of my parents’ good taste and mental fortitude; I’ve grown up with the extreme privilege of attending the Philadelphia Folk Festival every summer in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania. During seemingly the hottest Read More

by Donte Kirby Johnnyswim, with the powerful voices of Amanda Sudano-Ramirez and Abner Ramirez, turned everyone in attendance at the packed Ardmore Music Hall into die hard fans. Their opening act was Liz Longley, a Philadelphia native who has since made the move to Nashvill Read More

by Emily Meenan Dani Mari’s narrative, story-like songs are ear-catching and unusual to hear in this day and age. “I was very influenced by Billie Holiday at a young age and later got into Patsy Cline and a few other classic artists.  I guess you can say I’m a pretty Read More

by Donte Kirby It’s the longest continual music festival in North America, it’s been around for over 50 years, it’s absolutely one of That Music Mag’s favorite festivals. It is the Philadelphia Folk Festival. A musical landmark as unique and important as Woodstock or Read More

By Alexandra Jones The Philadelphia Folk Festival has been a mainstay of the folk music scene for nearly half a century. Every year since its inception in 1962, folk fans have traveled to a spot near Schwenksville, PA to camp, celebrate folk arts, and hear the best that folk Read More

By Raymond Simon The Philadelphia Folk Festival is about as far from a honky-tonk as you can get. There are no sawdust-covered floors on the campgrounds in Schwenksville, and the air won’t be thick with the tang of tobacco smoke and the odor of stale beer. But when the Read More