Biography

John Gorka mines folk, blues, bluegrass, and other acoustic musical forms to create deceptively simple tunes that convey a rich variety of emotional textures and ideas. Like many young singer-songwriters, Gorka paid his dues at open-mic events and later as a perpetual opening act in the early-1980s New York folk scene. He won the Kerrville Folk Festival's New Folk Competition in 1984, and started hanging out with the Jack Hardy crowd, the same folkies who nurtured Suzanne Vega's career. He began recording for Red House Records in 1987, and has also recorded critically acclaimed albums for Windham Hill and High Street. His relaxed style and wry, witty lyrics have endeared him to a smallish but loyal following.

Top Tracks

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• Hank Senior Moment

• I Am A Child

• If These Walls Could Talk

• Oh Abraham

• Wayfaring Stranger

• When You Walk In

• Wisdom

Discography

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• Red Horse

  Red House Records

  2010

• Old Futures Gone

  Red House Records

  2003

• Company You Keep

  Red House Records

  2001

• After Yesterday

  Red House Records

  1998

• Between Five and Seven

  High Street Records / High Street

  1996

• Out of the Valley

  High Street Records / High Street

  1994

• Motor Folkin'

  High Street

  1994

• Temporary Road

  High Street

  1992

• Jack's Crows

  High Street

  1991

• Land of the Bottom Line

  Windham Hill Records

  1990

• I Know

  Red House Records

  1987