Years active 1962–1968 Genres Folk music, World music | Active until 1968 | |
 | ||
Past members Francine Brown
Shelly Cook
Joyce Gluck
Alice Kogan
Deborah Lesser
Ethel Raim
Dina Silberman Origin New York City, New York, United States (1962) Albums Folksongs of Eastern Europe, The Pennywhistlers Record labels Folkways Records, Nonesuch Records Inc. Similar Theodore Bikel, Kitka, Trio Bulgarka, Filip Kutev, Hedy West | ||
The pennywhistlers cotton mill girls
The Pennywhistlers were an American singing group founded by folklorist and singer Ethel Raim and popular during the 1960s folk music revival. They specialized in Eastern European choral music, sung primarily a cappella. Folk singer Theodore Bikel, in his autobiography Theo, called them "the closest to the real thing in authenticity in the United States." They toured throughout the 1960s, appearing at the Sing Out! hootenanny at Carnegie Hall, the Fox Hollow Festival, and the Mariposa Folk Festival, among others. They shared the bill with performers such as Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Reverend Gary Davis, Leonard Cohen, and many others.
Contents
Shto mi e milo by the pennywhistlers 1966 live
Recordings
Songs
Shto Mi e MiloFolksongs of Eastern Europe · 1965
TudoraFolksongs of Eastern Europe · 1965
Paidu Vidu1963