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Richard George Fariña ( Spanish IPA: /ˈfariɲa/; March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) [1] was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist. [2] Early years and education. Fariña was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, [3] the son of an Irish mother, Theresa Crozier, and a Cuban father of Galician origin, also named Richard Fariña. [4] .
Richard Fariña (born April 30, 1937?, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died April 30, 1966, Carmel, Calif.) was an American folk singer and novelist who, with his wife, Mimi Fariña, played a significant role in the folk music revival of the 1960s.
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Jul 10, 2023 · Counterculture rebel Richard Fariña died on the cusp of fame. His only novel remains essential reading for literary psychonauts with a penchant for the absurd
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Richard Fariña. Richard George Fariña was an American writer and folksinger. With an Irish mother and a Cuban father, Farina was born a rebel. He grew up in Brooklyn, pre-revolutionary Cuba and Ireland. At 18 he was associated with members of the IRA, and was asked to leave Ireland.
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Apr 29, 2016 · Still, there’s something about his self-taught, feverishly percussive style—his modal tones, his Latin and Irish cadences, his propulsive intensity— that strikes people as original and fresh, and turns the instrument into a natural extension of his irrepressible lyricism and buoyancy of spirit.
Oct 1, 2023 · Richard Fariña didn't come to politics, he was political from the start. Born at sea (literally) he travelled the world with his parents, “his father a Cuban inventor, his mother an Irish mystic”.
