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John Gorka (11/29/1994)

November 29, 2024, 11:00 pm

John Gorka (Photo: Jos van Vliet)

In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called John Gorka (1958 – ) “the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement.” Studs Terkel welcomed the distinctive and prolific American performer to WFMT in 1994.

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Studs Terkel (1912-2008) radically redefined the concept of radio interviews. For 45 years starting in 1952, WFMT was his homebase. His daily radio show was a pillar of WFMT’s programming, with its eclectic and astute mix of music and conversation. Studs juxtaposed interviews with the many of the 20th century’s most significant figures with the voices of uncelebrated, working people from Chicago. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Studs helped established oral history as a popular and socially ambitious literary genre. Some of his titles include: Division Street, Hard Times, Working, Race and And They All Sang (Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey). Studs was also a recipient of the National Book Award.

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