ALBUM REVIEW: RICHARD BARONE, “Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village In The 1960’s”

This new album by Bongos frontman and New York City mainstay Richard Barone is both a labor of true love and an incredibly detailed and painstakingly researched history lesson.  Sorrows & Promises:  Greenwich Village In The 1960’s is Mr. Barone’s take on songs that were conceived, written and first performed during that golden age of folk music in New York’s Greenwich Village starting in the late 1950’s.  Some of these songs you may know (certainly The Lovin’ Spoonful’s classic â€...

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