Boulevard: An Interview with Rod MacDonald

Today’s guest is an American singer-songwriter, novelist, and educator. He was a big part of the 1980s folk revival in Greenwich Village clubs, performing at the Speakeasy, The Bottom Line and Folk City, he also co-founded the Greenwich Village Folk Festival. His songs have been covered by Dave Van Ronk, Shawn Colvin, Four Bitchin’ Babes, Jonathan Edwards, Garnet Rogers, Joe Jencks, and others. He has appeared on stage with fellow artists, including Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Odetta, Tom Paxton, the Violent Femmes, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, Dave Van Ronk, Emmylou Harris, Richie Havens, Ani DiFranco, Tom Chapin, Jack Hardy and David Massengill. Although usually labeled a folk singer, his musical styles include rock, pop, country, light jazz, and blues. His album “Later that Night” was named “Best Local CD of 2014” by The Palm Beach Post and reached the top ten in the national folk music charts. The late Dave Van Ronk called him "One of the best of the singer-songwriters ever to come out of the New York movement." It is my honor to introduce today’s guest, Rod MacDonald