John Gorka brings a soulful baritone and finely observed songwriting to an evening of contemporary folk. Emerging from the community around Pennsylvania’s Godfrey Daniels and New York’s Fast Folk circle, he developed songs known for emotional depth, precise detail and an ability to make private experience feel widely shared.

Across a career spanning decades, Gorka has moved through folk, country, pop and soul without losing the quiet authority at the center of his work. His songs have been recorded by artists including Mary Chapin Carpenter, Nanci Griffith and Mary Black, yet his own performances remain the clearest expression of their wit, tenderness and moral attention. The Freight setting places that storytelling exactly where it belongs: close to the listener.

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