![]() In 1961, Rotolo became aware of Bob Dylan. Rotolo appears in the Alan Lomax documentary Ballads, Blues and Blue Grass which was released in 2012. ![]() She was involved with the Greenwich Village folk scene, and was friends with Dave Van Ronk, dated the folk singer Paul Clayton and knew many of the most prominent people in Greenwich Village. Rotolo helped with the 1960 release of 12 folk albums for the Prestige International Records label. She accompanied him on his excursions down South to record remote folk singers. In the early 1960s Rotolo was an assistant to the eminent folklorist and musicologist Alan Lomax. Her younger sister Suze often joined her. She also worked as a set decorator for many off-Broadway plays and shows in New York. As an artist, she painted, drew and sculpted. Like her mother, Rotolo was a political activist but also followed in her artist father's footsteps. ![]() ![]() Mary was a writer and editor for several union newspapers, and Joachim painted worker murals. Rotolo was the first child of Joachim Rotolo and Mary (Pezzati) Rotolo, who were union activists. Mary Rotolo (mother), Suze Rotolo (sister)Ĭarla Rotolo (Ma– August 25, 2014) was an American artist, folk singer and folk music researcher. Artist, folk singer, folk music researcher ![]()
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