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ARTIE TRAUM PASSES AWAY

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ArtieTraum passed away at his home in Woodstock, NY on Sunday afternoon. He had battled cancer for the last several years. His family reported that he was not in any appreciable pain and he saw it through “with remarkable acceptance and enormous dignity.”

He was born in the Bronx but as a young adult he became part of the Greenwich Village folk scene as well as New Yorks vibrant jazz world. Artie accompanied many artists and by 1969 he was performing with his brother Happy Traum. With harmony that only brothers can create, the duo recorded a number of critically acclaimed albums in the 1970’s and were part of the vanguard of the new acoustic music scene that grew from the seeds of the folk revival.

Artie was an award winning songwriter, guitarist, producer and in his later years – a filmmaker. Along with Happy, Artie co-hosted “Bring It On Home,” a live radio revue that was broadcast on WAMC in Albany, NY.

Artie also produced recordings of The Woodstock Mountains Revue, a group that featured himself, Happy, Pat Alger, John Sebastian, Maria Muldaur, Rory Block, Eric Andersen, Paul Butterfield and Paul Siebel as well as some other guests over the years.

 

I met Artie only a couple of times, the first time was back in the early 80’s when I interviewed the Woodstock Mountains Revue for my radio program, and the last time was at the Old Songs Festival a couple of years ago when he did set with Christopher Shaw and Tom Akstens. I will remember his warm smile and great sense of humor, and of course – his amazing musicianship. He gave us some great music and inspired others to use the roots of American music to create their own distintive styles.

A remembrance page has been created on his website

– http://www.artietraum.com/at_remembrances.html .

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For over 40 years, Ron has been a radio programmer with WFDU-FM in Teaneck, New Jersey. In 2019 he created www.FolkMusicNotebook.com - a 24/7 Internet radio channel devoted to folk music and is available worldwide. Ron created WFDU-FM's TRADITIONS in 1980, a show that he continues to host and produce every Sunday afternoon from 3 to 6pm Eastern Time. He's the president of and booker for the Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, and is a regular contributor to Sing Out! as well as the host of the Folk Music Notebook blog on this site. Ron can also be found emceeing concerts and festivals around the NYC/NJ area.

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