BROOKLINE-I loved this column by Joyce Marcel! I have admired and appreciated her writing for a long time, but this one was particularly impactful for me.
I lived for 30 years on the end of Cape Cod, prior to moving up here. At the community-supported radio station out there, WOMR (Outermost Radio), I was a volunteer DJ in the '90s playing primarily folk music, and I always highlighted people making the rounds of the "Greater Boston area" coffeehouse circuit, which included the Iron Horse Music Hall.
Judging by the level of talent that would play there in those days, it was a place I always thought I would get to sooner or later, but somehow I never did.
I knew it had been out of business for a while, and I am so thrilled to read that it has reopened. It was great to read the history of it, and her own personal history as well. Thank you for the piece!
Daniel Towler
Brookline
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