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Fast Folk

Fast Folk Musical Magazine (originally known as The CooP) was a combination magazine and record album published from February 1982 to 1997. The magazine acted as a songwriter/performer cooperative, and was an outlet for singer-songwriters to release their first recordings.

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Categories
Music magazines Folk music
Circulation
~1000 (as of 1992)
Country
United States
Editor
Jack Hardy (1982–1986) Richard Meyer (1986–1997)
Final issue
1997
First issue
February 1982

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Fast Folk

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples75
Avg. degree1.95
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Fast Folk

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related to history · 36
Fast Folk → Although, Angela Page, Carolyne Mas, CDs, Cliff Eberhardt, David Massengill, February, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village's SpeakEasy, In December, Jack Hardy, Jeff Gold, LPs, Macdougal, Matthias Clark, Members, Michael Fracasso, New York, Robin Hirsch, Rod MacDonald
related to External links · 11
Fast Folk → Allmusic, Archives Archived March, Coop Database, Cultural HeritageFast Folk, Folklife, Magazine, Musician's Cooperative Archived December, Smithsonian Center, Steven AlexanderFast Folk Musical, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineFast Folk Musical
related to Smithsonian Folkways Recordings · 5
Fast Folk → Community, Singers, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, Songwriters, They
Categories · 1
Fast Folk → Music magazines Folk music
Circulation · 1
Fast Folk → ~1000 (as of 1992)
Country · 1
Fast Folk → United States
Editor · 1
Fast Folk → Jack Hardy (1982–1986) Richard Meyer (1986–1997)
Final issue · 1
Fast Folk → 1997
First issue · 1
Fast Folk → February 1982
Frequency · 1
Fast Folk → Monthly / irregular

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folk fast magazine jack first cooperative album smithsonian recordings hardy february 1982 greenwich group writers organization musical coop music 1997

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Fast FolkCategoriesMusic magazines Folk music1.00infobox
Fast FolkCirculation~1000 (as of 1992)1.00infobox
Fast FolkCountryUnited States1.00infobox
Fast FolkEditorJack Hardy (1982–1986) Richard Meyer (1986–1997)1.00infobox
Fast FolkFinal issue19971.00infobox
Fast FolkFirst issueFebruary 19821.00infobox
Fast FolkFrequencyMonthly / irregular1.00infobox
Fast FolkLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
alternative countryinstance ofand some became influences in newly formed musical genres0.80text
anti-folk.Alumni who recorded first for Fast Folk include Grammy Award-winners Lyle Lovettinstance ofand some became influences in newly formed musical genres0.80text
Suzanne Vegainstance ofand some became influences in newly formed musical genres0.80text
Julie Goldinstance ofand some became influences in newly formed musical genres0.80text

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