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Karen J. Dalton (born Jean Karen Cariker; July 19, 1937 – March 19, 1993) was an American country blues singer, guitarist, and banjo player. She was associated with the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene, particularly with Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders, and Bob Dylan.
Sep 27, 2021 · Mon 27 Sep 2021 10.54 EDT. T he outlines of the life led by singer Karen Dalton tell a heartbreaking tale. It was one scarred by consistent poverty, intermittent homelessness, bouts of...
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- Jim Farber
Oct 4, 2021 · Karen Dalton, an enigmatic artist beloved by colleagues Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs, and idolized by followers like Nick Cave and Courtney Barnett, is the subject of a new film.
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- Allyson McCabe
Oct 1, 2021 · Karen Dalton, a Musical Mystery That Doesn’t Need to Be Solved. A new documentary about the blues-folk singer, who died in 1993, works to make her known without unraveling all of her riddles....
- Lindsay Zoladz
- Dalton's Oklahoma upbringing gave her an 'authentic folk background' Friend and fellow musician Peter Stampfel notes that Dalton was the only player on New York's famed 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene who had an "authentic folk background."
- Dalton wrote, but she didn't write her own songs. While the '60s New York folk scene was a time and place dominated by singer-songwriters, Dalton didn’t pen her own material.
- Dalton had several potential brushes with fame. Despite her unique voice and musical skills, Dalton never achieved fame and sometimes seemed to actively avoid potential stardom.
- Bob Dylan was a fan, but she had mixed feelings about him. Baird, Dalton's daughter, recalls that Dylan was eager to meet her mother, calling her "the female Woody Guthrie."
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Sep 30, 2021 · October 1, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. “Karen Dalton: In My Own Time” sheds light on the mysterious folk singer who has become a cult favorite. (Greenwich Entertainment) Karen Dalton may be one...
Oct 5, 2021 · In the 1960s, Karen Dalton was a rising star in Greenwich Village, the New York City neighborhood at the center of the folk music scene. People compared her talent to that of Billie Holiday. The documentary helps to explain why many people never heard of her. Allison McCabe has her story.
