The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
The Linn County Blues Band developed a unique style based on the blues.
During an interview with ARCMTL, a nostalgic Pierre Huet, well-known Quebec songwriter, recounts The New Penelope’s closing concert and its unexpected ending. Here is the English translation of […]
Here’s an excerpt of an interview with Allan Youster, former doorman of The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street, describing Jesse Winchester’s infamous first audition at The New Penelope. […]
Here are the Greenbriar Boys bluegrass band from New York playing at the Fifth Amendment. That club was a tiny space, located on Bleury Street. It was the […]
This program shows the schedule for the Bring Your Lunch Hopsville concert held at the Montreal Forum in 1966. For the occasion, about twenty groups performed one after […]
Gary Eisenkraft was himself a singer and guitarist who played folk and blues music. During his travels through Canada and the United States undertaken when he was between […]
This ad was published in 1964 in the Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) student newspaper. In it, Gary Eisenkraft offers lessons in folk guitar, finger-picking, blues […]