John Cohen

    John Cohen

    January 1, 1970 (55 years old) in

    John Cohen (1932โ€“2019) was a major figure in the development and appreciation of traditional music, and one of the most prolific contributors to the Smithsonian Folkways collection of recorded sounds. He was a musician, photographer, filmmaker, and record producer, but those words do not adequately describe John, whose work transcended labels and defied categorization.

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