Mike Cooney

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Folk singer Mike Cooney performs live and talks with Dave Sear about the origins of the folk songs he performs. Cooney plays the banjo, 12-string guitar, steel string guitar, and concertina.

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