Irwin Sibler
October 17, 1925 – September 8, 2010
Irwin Sibler was a music journalist and longtime editor of Sing Out! magazine. Co-founded by Sibler in 1950, the quarterly publication is one of the most respected folk music magazines in the world. Sibler acted as editor from its inception until 1967. The magazine and Sibler’s pieces were largely responsible for the folk revival of the ’50s and ’60s. After leaving the magazine, Sibler became more politically outspoken, becoming an editor and movie critic for the radical weekly, The Guardian. He also launched Paredon Records where he released albums that spoke for the radical liberation movement of the ’70s. Irwin Sibler was 85 when he passed away on September 8, 2010.