Introduction +...................
Temporary Road............ 4' 29"........... >
From "Words and Music" American Stories, BBC television 1994

I'm From New Jersey and Good Noise ...11' 40"........ >

In this 1995 appearance on State of the Arts, Gorka performs his classic Im From New Jersey and Good Noise. Host Amber Edwards talks with Gorka about his musical influences and the new folk movement.

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Press compilation 1991-1992 >
I would like to thank David Tamulevich for the video tape

This is a High Street Records promo video. ( 7'14")

John Gorka's old label tried to make him "big". He told something about this period in "Willamette Week Music" (1999): "Yeah, Windham Hill wasn't the place it was when I joined up [in 1990]. The people who brought me in had all gone--either left or were fired--and it was a different place than when I started, one I didn't want to be part of anymore. It became a power thing; they wanted me to listen to what they said, and I couldn't and shouldn't have. I'd done my first disc with Red House, and I've been friends with Bob Feldman at Red House all through the Windham Hill years. We look at music the same way--making a good record first, then worrying about the marketing later, not the other way around. "

John Gorka live on
"Austin City Limits"


The show was recorded 11/3/1992

Gypsy Life... ... >

Mike Smith made a site with all the songs John played that evening on Austin City Limits "Where The Bottles Break", "Good", "The Gypsy Life", "Houses In The Fields", "Branching Out" and "Gravyland" .

Houses in the Fields .>