Lost and Found: The Life of Connie Converse

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 2, 2023

Singer/songwriter Connie Converse was a groundbreaking folk artist years before people like Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell arrived on the scene. But she's better known for getting in her VW Beetle in 1974 and driving off, never to be heard from again. In recent years, her work has been released as an album in 2009 and played on WNYC's "Spinning on Air," which led to more recognition. Writer, performer and musician Howard Fishman sought to understand her music and her life, and he joins us to discuss his biography, To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse.

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