Raun MacKinnon

Raun MacKinnon had the differentiation of being certainly one of a tiny couple of folk performers ever recorded by Parkway Information. The youngest of four kids born right into a musical family members, she grew up in Berwyn near Philadelphia, and started singing young, even though she worked being a babysitter (which helped lead among her fees, Cliff Eberhardt, right into a profession being a folk vocalist aswell). She discovered her first folk tracks from her mom, materials like “I UNDERSTAND Where I AM GOING,” and afterwards added Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly to her repertory She performed the neighborhood folk night clubs in Philadelphia and was agreed upon to the Cameo-Parkway label, where she documented one record, American Folk Tracks, with Dick Weissman support her on electric guitar and Costs Lee (Spike’s dad) playing bass. The majority of the recording was composed of fresh plans of traditional tunes, augmented by one MacKinnon initial, “What Says The Center.” She was most widely known in the northeast from numerous performing locations in NEW YORK, and remained well-known through the entire ’70s and early ’80s, showing up at numerous night clubs and showcases. Her track “Group of Fifths” was included in Michael Johnson, and in 1985, she made an appearance on Fast Folk 202 performing an original track called “Amazing Like.” She’s been a coach, friend, and confidante of Christine Lavin because the ’70s.