Founded in 1948 by Moses Asch and Marian Distler, Folkways Records was responsible for recording and publishing some of America’s most iconic folk songs and artists, including Woody Guthrie. The label was instrumental in bringing folk music into the American mainstream. From 1948 until 1986, the tiny staff of devoted musicologists released 2,168 albums, encompassing …
One in an occasional series from Networking Pro Michael Masterson Now that the economy is showing signs of life again, we’re seeing more job postings and opportunities. With the avalanche of resumes hiring managers receive for each opening, it’s a challenge to make yours stand out and catch someone’s eye. It’s your first and maybe only …
Photographer Jon Crispin first saw the abandoned Willard Asylum in the early ‘80s. Abandoned and boarded up, it appealed to his lifelong compulsion for “entering places where I shouldn’t have been.” This compulsion led to a two-year project funded by the New York State Council for Arts to photograph 19th Century New York State Asylums: …