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A documentary filmmaker will visit Enid this September to walk in the footsteps of Karen Dalton, a renowned folk singer who once called the town home.

She led a troubled life full of violence and drugs but the documentary 'In My Own Time' also illuminates the brilliance of her music.

Of all the artists that grew out of the fertile Greenwich Village folk scene of the ’60s, Karen Dalton has somehow remained in the shadows of firmly

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(l-r) Bob Dylan, Karen Dalton, and Fred Neil at the Cafe Wha? in 1961 (Photo by Fred W. McDarrah)

The late Karen Dalton has been the muse for countless folk rock geniuses, from Bob Dylan to Devendra Banhart, from Lucinda Williams to Joanna Newsom. “My favorite singer in the place was Karen Dalton. She had a voice like Billie Holiday’s and played the guitar like Jimmy Reed.” – Bob Dylan Legendary singer Lacy J. Dalt

While thousands storm the famous muddy fields of Glastonbury for its annual music festival this week, why don't we turn back the clock to the summertime festivals gone by, when Bob Dylan's words weren't yet American anthems, hipster was just another name for a jazz musician and the music seemed to h

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Director Robert Yapkowitz and singer-songwriter Margo Price join Bob Boilen in a live conversation about this new documentary on the folk singer.