In the new millennium there has been a rise in the number of coffee shops in America – most belonging to one or two companies. We at The Balcony think it’s time to bring back the coffee shop as venue – the way it was in the days of Greenwich Village – with guitars, banjos and fiddles scattered freely about the room. For Lesson 57 of the 101 Series we revive Folk Music with a look back at small, crowded rooms filled with cigarette smoke, cups of espresso and a nasal whine emanating from a poorly-lit stage.
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