Irwin Silber obituary

Editor of Sing Out!, he spoke for many left-leaning US folk fansAt the 1964 Newport folk festival in the US, a year before he controversially went on stage with an electric band, Bob Dylan turned away from his topical, political songs to perform a more personal, introspective repertoire. Irwin Silber – who has died aged 84, and who was editor of Sing Out!, America's top folk-music magazine – published an open letter to Dylan, deploring this change. Silber spoke for many left-leaning, civil r...

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