folk singer
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It’s “the reverse of what folksinger Joni Mitchell once sang about — they ‘unpaved’ a parking lot and put up Paradise,” wrote Tom Griffin in a 2002 story in UW’s Columns magazine.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 4, 2022
Almost 40 years later, the lyrics were put to music by Essex folksinger Billy Bragg and Chicago band Wilco.
From BBC • May 23, 2021
In the 1950s, inexpensive "cottages" sprang up all over the Bay Area, providing what folksinger Malvina Reynolds called "little boxes made of ticky-tacky."
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2020
He also would work as a cowboy, a folksinger and a fishing guide while he practiced the craft of writing.
From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2020
“A folksinger, 1912 to 1967. Sang about the working class. 'This Land Is Your Land.’
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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