Photo from Fred Stein Archive

Thanks to the WUMB Members who joined us for our October webinar with Morning Show host, Brendan Hogan. If you missed it, or want to revisit, find the link and passcode below. Stay posted for our November WUMB Member Event!

“THE MUSIC NOBODY KNOWS”: THE FOLK AND BLUES BOOM OF 1930s NEW YORK

In this ~90-minute webinar, we’ll explore the webs of connection among the loose collective of Depression-era critics, impresarios, and musicians in the cultural hive of New York City who were at the forefront of professionalizing and institutionalizing vernacular American music, ushering it into the popular culture mainstream at a time when the meaning of what it meant to be an American was being challenged and re-evaluated.