Dave Van Ronk

Dave Van Ronk was a cornerstone of the Greenwich Village folk scene—a musician other musicians leaned on. With a gravelly voice and a deep, rolling guitar style drawn from blues and jazz, he made old songs feel solid and lived-in. He wasn’t chasing the spotlight, but his influence ran wide, shaping a generation of players who came up around him. His music feels like a late-night room where the songs matter more than anything else.