Kenneth S. Goldstein
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Kenneth S. Goldstein PhD |
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| Born | 1927 Brooklyn, NY |
| Died | 1995 Philadelphia, PA |
| Nationality | USA |
| Occupation | Folklorist, Professor, Author, Publisher, Music Producer, Archivist |
| Board member of | Chair, Dept of Folklore and Folklife, University of Pennsylvania |
| Spouse(s) | Rochelle Judith Korn |
| Children | Rhoda, Diane, Michael, Scott, Jah Levi |
| Awards | Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
| Thesis title | A Guide for Fieldworkers in Folklore |
| Thesis year | 1963 |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Folklore, Folk Music |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania |
| Notable students | Peggy Bulger, Henry Glassie, Diane Goldstein, Mick Moloney, Dorothy Noyes, Jack Santino |
| Notable works | A Guide for Fieldworkers in Folklore |
Kenneth S. Goldstein, PhD (March 17, 1927 – November 11, 1995) was a prominent American folklorist, educator, record producer, and a prime mover in the 1960s American Folk Music Revival.
Goldstein was the chair of the Department of Folklore and Folklife at the University of Pennsylvania for nearly 20 years.
Goldstein produced and edited music for Stinson Records, Folkways Records, Bluesville Records, Prestige Records and Riverside Records in the 1950s and 1960s and was deeply involved with many productions for the Smithsonian Institution.
After co-founding the Philadelphia Folk Festival (the longest-running outdoor music festival in the US) in the early 1960s, he served as the festival's program director for 15 years.
He discovered and produced a plethora of great musicians and songwriters and worked closely with many top producers and record labels. He worked at the Library of Congress with Alan Lomax and with Moses Asch on Folkways Records.
He produced and recorded over 800 recordings for 11 record companies, including recordings by Ewan MacColl and A.L. Lloyd, Jean Ritchie, Reverend Gary Davis, Sara Cleveland, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Some of these were definitive moments in the histories of their respective genres. The Clancy Brothers' albums started a revolution in Irish music, introducing the guitar and the "ballad-group" sound into mainstream Irish folk music.
The albums he recorded for Reverend Gary Davis, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly, and other blues pioneers had a similarly profound effect on American blues and rock and roll. His recordings of MacColl and Lloyd were among the first English and Scottish albums ever recorded in the US and they opened up a vast new market that transformed the folk scene.
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