Description
Deluxe edition includes two CDs containing the 2024 DigiMIX of the original cast album and an exclusive 8x10" 92-page booklet. Written by journalist, author, and former Folk City owner Robbie Woliver, the booklet offers a rich history of the legendary Greenwich Village club, the evolution of the musical Folk City, and the development of its original soundtrack. It features complete lyrics with scene-by-scene descriptions, profiles of the songwriters, performers, and musicians, and over 60 rare photos from historic Folk City performances and scenes from the stage production.
Robbie Woliver is the key creative and historical force behind Folk City: The Musical. He co-wrote the musical’s script, authored the lyrics for nearly all its songs, produced the cast album, and previously owned and revived the Folk City venue—living the story he now tells.
Folk City: The Musical brings its audience into the fascinating world of Beatniks, bohemians, hippies, folkies, blues players, singer-songwriters, poets, painters and rockers, all drawn to New York's Greenwich Village in the 1960s to realize their creative dreams.
It's the 60s, Beatniks, bohemians, hippies, poets, singers, musicians, actors and artists are flocking to Greenwich Village and its hip little night spots. The legendary Folk City was a music venue in New York City's cultural bullseye.
The play takes place in Gerdes Folk City, the now legendary music venue, where, for three decades, we follow six young, creative hopefuls in the turbulent and exciting '60s, '70s and '80s, through dynamic musical, cultural, political, social and personal changes.
The play (and this 2024 DigiMIX of the cast album) ranges from 1960 to 1985, following all the twists and turns, mirroring the music trends and cultural changes of the times. Singers, songwriters, poets, writers, painters and social activists have always been the pulsing heart of Greenwich Village and Folk City: The Musical honors them all. Their triumphs, challenges, relationships, jealousies, and their journeys through a myriad of cultural changes and their ongoing quest for recognition for their music to be heard, shared and to make a difference.
Track Listing
Disc 1:
- Village Doowop
- The Village
- The Next Big Thing
- Love At Third Sight
- Big Deal
- My Baby
- Stand Tall
- Everyones So Much
- Rising Fahrenheit
- California State
- Lets Hear It
- My Single Days
- Out Of Sync
- Good Goodbye
- I Heard An Angel
- Castaway
Disc 2:
- Stars Baby
- Never Been Taken This High
- Rush Of Rhyme
- Off My Mind
- Far Enough
- Quiet Riot
- Dear Friends
- We Must Become One
- Lovers Leap
- The Lovers
- All Things Remembered
- There's A Spirit
- I Belong Here
- It's A Shot
Additional Details
Label: JAY Records
Genre: Musical/Broadway
Run Time: 118 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 08/22/25
UPC: 5013929580848