Richard Carlin
Collector of Eubie Blake; author of books on folk, country, and traditional music
About Richard Carlin
Born 1956. Richard Carlin is an American writer, musicologist and editing staff.
Richard Carlin is the author of several books on folk, country, and traditional music. He plays English concertina.
Writing Carlin worked for Folkways Records as an independent producer from 1975 to 1980, before becoming an editor for Music at Pearson Prentice Hall. In 2008, Carlin published Worlds of Sound: The Story of Smithsonian Folkways. In 2016, he published Godfather of the Music Business, which is a biography of Morris Levy.
Carlin lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
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Who is Richard Carlin?
collector of Eubie Blake; author of books on folk, country, and traditional music
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Richard Carlin was born on 5 October 1956.
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Richard Carlin is a writer, musicologist and editing staff.
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Richard Carlin is American.
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