'folksong Festival' Radio Host Oscar Brand Dies At 96

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Entertainment
Sat, 10/01/2016 - 1:44pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar Brand, a longtime force on the American folk scene whose radio program "Folksong Festival" showcased Woody Guthrie and a young Bob Dylan among music greats and newcomers, has died, his manager said Saturday. He was…

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