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photo Joe del Tufo

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..95 articles about
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John Gorka

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2011
John Gorka plays the Vilar in Beaver Creek on Saturday
Interview in Vail Daily... (January 6, 2011)

Playing Marine on St. Croix 'will be scary fun'
Interview in St Croix Valley Press.com (January 15, 2011)

"Dark" horse
Article in Oklahoma Gazette, Februari 9, -2011

Red Horse is an experiment in folk chemestry that worked
Pittsburgh tribune Review, Februari 23, 2011


Folk’s burning man: guitarist John Gorka
Interview by Glenn BurnSilvera from Daily News-Miner in Alaska (April 22, 2011)

Two acts, one night on the Holmes Theatre stage
Interview John Gorka and Dala in www.dl-online.com , April 27, 2011

John Gorka speaks of travel and songwriting
Interview John Gorka by PETER CROWLEY in ADIRONDACK DAILY ENTERPRISE (May 9,2011)

John Gorka pays a visit to Perkins School for the Blind
Articlein The Boston Globe, July 29, 2011

Folk Singer John Gorka Visits Perkins
Article on the Perkins school website, July 29, 2011

Concert by Red Horse climaxes six days at Bethlehem Musikfest Concert preview in THE NEW JERSEY HERALD, August 19, 2011

In Trios, Duos or solo, John Gorka has fun.
Article in Lexgo (www.kentucky.com)... (September 25, 2011)

Gorka's Red Horse takes flight at RACC folk weekend
Article / telephone interview in Reading Eagle (November 17, 2011)

Christmas Bells/John Gorka
Story behind this song on Classics Rock! blog (Dec 23, 2011)

2010
John Gorka gets intimate, funny and bloody at Stargazers
Review at the Gazette.... (January 29, 2010)

Gorka at peace playing for 'old' folks
Cincinnati.Com .....(Februari 19, 2010)

.So Dark You See review
Washington Post.... (February 26, 2010)

.English through Song: John Gorka
Acadia Center for English Immersion...... (March 17, 2010)

So Dark You See review
Gazette online.... (March 20, 2010)

For Gorka, ‘folk' is a wide-reaching umbrella: Singer playing
Blue Moon Coffeehouse
Herald-Review.com .... (March 25, 2010)

MUSIC PREVIEW: Folk singer feeling right at home
The Patriot Ledger (April 1, 2010)

So dark you see: The music of John Gorka
Curator (April 2, 2010)

Discovering Folk Music
Book written by Stephanie P. Ledgin..... (April 2010)

..The Facebook interview with Roch and John Gorka
Online interview and chat with Roch Parisien from Galaxy Radio ( April 21, 2010)

Interview Etcetera (Quick Q and A with John Gorka)
Me&Thee Coffeehouse interview by Kathy S-B · 8 May 2010

John Gorka begin september voor vier optredens naar Nederland
Preview at Altcountry forum.nl (John Gorka 2010 tour (july 30, 2010)

Interview Red Horse "Three Singer-Songwriters United In Harmony"
NPR August 1, 2010 (you can read/listen the interview)

"Red Horse" CD review
de Volkskrant (Sept 2, 2010)

he meeting with John Gorka in Sarzana
Fanzine fingerpicking.net by Lauro Luppi (September 23, 2010)

blu-ray-review "Gypsy life"
review in Audiophile Audition (september 2010)


Mr Gorka discovered an unknown land
Interview in the Lithuanian Gazette (October 22, 2010)

Red Horse Makes Music And Comedy, Too, At Landmark
Red Horse concert review in "Landmark on Main Street", New York on Dec. 4, 2010 (Port Washington Patch Dec 8, 2010)

Gorka covets attentive audiences like those at Anchor Coffee House Interview by Michael Swanger in Cityview Magazine (Dec. 9, 2010)

2009
John Gorka interview
Article published in Kennebec Journal on january 22,2009 by Lucky Clark

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Single Song
Ode aan een liedje, January 29, 2009 by Johan Doove

The simple philosophy of John Gorka
The Northern Express , May 4, 2009

John Gorka live in Ireland
Review on Bronte music club site, May 29, 2009

John Gorka Songwriter in de schaduw
Interview in Dutch Music Magazine "Gitarist", September 2009

The first (dutch) review CD "so dark you see"
altcountryforum site..... (October 22, 2009)

So Dark You See review
"Citypages" site .....(November 11, 2009)

So Dark You See review
"Acoustic Guitar".... (November 13, 2009)

Balladeer John Gorka to play Poor David's Pub in Dallas
The Dallas Morning News, December 3, 2009

So Dark You See review
"Oor".... (December 9, 2009)

'EVERY SONG IS AN ACT OF HOPE'
Pasadena weekly, december 10, 2009

So Dark You See review
"Popmatters".... (December 11, 2009)

So Dark You See review
alt country.nl.....(December 24, 2009)

 

2008

The Gypsy Life: AIX Collector's Edition
A DVD review written for the Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange

Dig deep and you'll find wit in Gorka's songs
Daily Gazette, January 12 2008


Leading a Gypsy L
ife
Washington Post, January 25, 2008

2007 a top-notch year for Gorka: Musician performing at Arts Center looks back on moments of success Carroll County Times, Feb 1, 2008

John Gorka, "The Gypsy Life" (AIX) 3 stars
DVD review Mass-live-com feb10 2008

John Gorka appears at Owens, onstage and in a workshop

Article published Thursday, February 14, 2008

Cover Lay Down
, written by Boyhowdy, march 23, 2008
a very good blog about John Gorka covers

AIX Records gets Multichannel Excellence Award
Article in Stereophile, may 28, 2008

DVD "the Gypsy Life"
review in Audiophile Audition - Jul 15, 2008

"Love is our cross to bear" A concert review in NRC Handelsblad (this is a Dutch national newspaper) october 27, 2008 (scroll down and you can also read the english translation)

He’s From Jersey Singer-songwriter defends low self-esteem Packet online for Central Jersey, November 2008

 

2007
Guitarist Gorka Works His Magic
A
review made by Thomas Kintner for the Courant (Hartfort Courant).
Feb. 3, 2007

Gifted Gorka mixes songs about war, vulnerability

Concert review from Canada, The Record, Apr 28, 2007


John Gorka at Falcon Ridge 2007

by John McLaughlin A Production of The Folk Life


John Gorka, The Gypsy Life...
A DVD-review on the "Press-Network" site, sept. 2007

John Gorka keeps coffeehouses filled to the brim
By Michael Granberry, November 30, 2007


John Gorka mingles laughs, lyrics

Concert review by Michael Granberry, December 3, 2007


John Gorka headlines Folk Music Festival
Interview with John Gorka. October 10, 2007


Top 10 favorites 2007 Cameo Critic, John Gorka
Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 29, 2007

DVD review in Playback Magazin issue no 3
December 2007

2006
What a Way to Make a Living

An interview with John Gorka Jan. 10, 2006


Folk musicians hope to make connection in Monroe
Interview with John and David Tamulevich 3/2006


Gorka brings world of folk music to town
Interview june 1, 2006


Just me and my guitar
Interview in Toronto Star June 1, 2006


John Gorka interview
An interview with John Gorka on the "Popcorn Youth" site, October 2006

Gorka finds message of hope while 'Writing in the Margins'
interview
East Bay Daily News, nov 1, 2006

Mpls.St.Paul Magazine takes a snapshot look at local folk singer John Gorka.
November 2006


A walk with Gorka
CD review writing in the margins in FolkWax, December 2006


John Gorka embraces with wit and ballads
Concert review, The Dallas Morning News, December 3, 2006

2005
John Gorka live at the Berkshire museum Pitsfield
march 2, 2005. Concert review (FolkWax)

2004
John Gorka Pleases in Piermont
A review made by Vinny Cohan, January 18, 2004


Working for a song

John Gorka interview 2004

2003
FolkWax Sittin' In With John Gorka

John Gorka interview 3/2003


Old Futures Gone
CD review
in FolkWax october 2003

2001
John Gorka Returns To His Indie Roots
By Jim Bessman, Tuesday, March 6 2001


John Gorka interview

John Gorka interview
Pure Music 2/2001

He saw the light
by Aaron Howard , Apr 12, 2001


Musician find a home in the world of folk

8/2001


What they play
Equipment picks John Gorka (Acoustic Guitar) september 2001


Mr Dad's adventure

John Gorka interview
October 31, 2001

2000
A folk artist and a family man
New York Times, June 2000

1999
An interview with John Gorka
from Bodles Opera House on Sept 17th 1999

Do You Understand His Joy ?

(interview) Willamette Week April 7, 1999

1998
John Gorka interview by Kate Rice

Originally published in The Excuse 5, 1998

1996
The Three worlds of John Gorka
by Paul Freeman, South Coast Today, 1996

1997
A visit with JOHN GORKA

An interview with Otto Bost of WDIY-FM, dec 1997


John Gorka: just a little attention is enough

by Seth Rogovoy, Feb. 28, 1997


1995
IN PERSON; Telling Stories, Going Farther
By J. PEDER ZANE Published in New York Times July 9, 1995

1992
The dark optimist

by Anil Prasad Interview date: January 19, 1992

John Gorka heads down a more optimistic road
Billboard October 17 1992

 


Story behind this song on Classics Rock! blog (Dec 23, 2011)

 

 

 

 

Interview Red Horse "Three Singer-Songwriters United In Harmony" (August 1, 2010)

 

 

 

 


English through Song: John Gorka ... (March 17, 2010)




 



.....a lot of "so dark you see" reviews in 2009 and 2010....



 



Interview with John Gorka. may 4, 2009

 

 

 


Interview with John Gorka. October 10, 2007

 

 

 


John Gorka's Top favorites 2007 with a lot of hyperlinks

 





A good interview with John Gorka in october 2006



 



Mpls. St.Paul Magazine takes a snapshot, nov 2006

 

 

 




Interview with John Gorka on sept 17 1999

 

 

 



The oldest interview on this page is from 1992



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