<P> Beginning in the 1940s , New York City was the center for a roots revival of American folk music . Many New Yorkers , especially young people , became interested in blues , Appalachian folk music , and other roots styles . In Greenwich Village , many of these people gathered ; the area became a hotbed of American folk music as well as leftist political activism . </P>
<P> Beginning in the 1940s , New York City was the center for a roots revival of American folk music . Many New Yorkers , especially young people , became interested in blues , Appalachian folk music , and other roots styles . In Greenwich Village , many of these people gathered ; the area became a hotbed of American folk music as well as leftist political activism . </P>
the primary new york destination for the folk scene beginning in the 1940s
the primary new york destination for the folk scene beginning in the 1940s
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village