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Ellen Stekert

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By Christopher Bahn on Thursday, July 24, 2025

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New music from Ellen!

"Go Around Songs, Vol. 1" and "Vol. 2" are Ellen's first new albums since 1958! Remastered from archival audio, these are just the start of a treasure trove of songs never before heard by the public! Find out more on the Music & Performing page.

About Ellen Stekert

Ellenstekert.com is the online home of Ellen Stekert, professor emerita of English at the University of Minnesota, singer and guitarist who got her start in the 1950s Greenwich Village folk boom, former president of the American Folklore Society and Minnesota state folklorist. Ellen has had a long and interesting career and we look forward to sharing it with you here, including music, writing, and photography from her archives, much of which has never before been made public.

• Read more about Professor Stekert's life and career

• Listen to Ellen's music, including newly released music from her archives

• Contact Ellen

Live at Newport

Ellen's candid backstage photography of Bob Dylan, Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt and many others at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival is now available for sale on her page at Darkroom.com.

Support Ellen on Patreon

Help Ellen digitize and share her collection with the world! She and her team are working their way through her vast archive of recorded material. This includes unheard tapes from Dave Van Ronk, Jean Ritchie, Rosalie Sorrels, and many more. Her documents, recordings, and photographs hold extreme historical value in the context of American folk music. Digitizing, cataloging, and mixing these recordings is a laborious and expensive undertaking. If you would like to support Ellen and this project, consider donating. Supporting Ellen via Patreon at patreon.com/ellenstekert will help us fund the equipment needed to digitize her archive, distribute her music, and more.

Since 1997, Ellen has operated pasTime Antiques, specializing in curiosities and ephemera of days gone by. Visit her eBay page to see what she's got for sale!

Recent posts

  • Folk Legend Ellen Stekert unveils archival single “Old Devil Time” and rare, unseen Pete Seeger photographs
  • Ellen on Pete Seeger and “Old Devil Time”
  • “Ballads of Careless Love” is out at last!
  • Folk Pioneer Ellen Stekert’s 1956 album “Ballads of Careless Love” to receive first digital release following AI restoration
  • Folklorist and singer Ellen Stekert unveils rare, behind-the-scenes photographs from the 1964 Newport Folk Festival

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