Lower East Side, Manhattan, scene created by young punk-influenced songwriters emerging during the mid-’80s in opposition to the folk establishment. Named after the Akira Kurosawa film The Hidden Fortress, the Fort was opened in 1987 by the singer known as Lach.
The venue gave stage time to mainly white, middle-class performers like Brenda Kahn, Cindy Lee Berryhill, Paleface, Michelle Shocked, cartoonist David Chelsea, King Missile’s John S. Hall, and Beck.
When police closed the Fort in 1989, Lach moved a few blocks north to Sophie’s (now the Sidewalk Cafe), where Bob Dylan made a brief yet fabled appearance. The latest aggressive folkie to warrant the label is Buffalo-born Ani Difranco (b. 1970), a charismatic, witty feminist with a burgeoning national audience.
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