John Gorka

A singer/songwriter famed for his wealthy, expressive baritone, NJ local John Gorka was among the leading lighting of the brand new folk motion. Gorka started his profession while attending university in Pa in the first ’80s, showing up at open-mike evenings at an area coffeehouse before ultimately forming his very own group, the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Music group. Soon he strike the road, executing along the Eastern Seaboard before finally settling in Tx and earning the Kerrville Folk Festival’s renowned New Folk Award in 1984. In 1987, Gorka lower his debut record, I UNDERSTAND, for the Crimson House label, earning acclaim for his tracks’ refined wit and acute personality observations. Following a proceed to Windham Hill, he released 1990’s Property of underneath Line, followed 2 yrs afterwards by Jack’s Crows. With 1993’s Short lived Street, Gorka garnered significant airplay from nation outlets using the one and video “When She Kisses Me,” leading to tours helping Mary Chapin Carpenter and Nanci Griffith. For 1994’s From the Valley, Gorka journeyed to Nashville to group with maker John Jennings, who recruited guests including Carpenter, Kathy Mattea, guitarist Leo Kottke, and Fairport Convention drummer Dave Mattacks; Between Five and Seven adopted in 1996, and 2 yrs later he came back with After Last night. Company YOU RETAIN, which adopted in early 2001, presented guest places from Carpenter, Patty Larkin, and Lucy Kaplansky. 2003 noticed the discharge from the typically introspective Aged Futures Gone. It had been adopted in 2006 by Composing within the Margins. Therefore Dark YOU OBSERVE appeared in ’09 2009, and Crimson Equine, a collaborative recording with Eliza Gilkyson and Lucy Kaplansky, adopted this year 2010. Gorka didn’t record once again for a couple years, though he do keep up a reliable touring routine. In March of 2014, he re-emerged using the Bright Part of Down.