Night Eagle Cafe presents John Gorka

John Gorka is perhaps the quintessential iconic singer-songwrit er of the 80s and 90s folk scene. Hailing from New Jersey, but forged in t he Greenwich Village Fast Folk scene, he honed his craft and persona into an unmistakable image. The shy, wry, insightful, and yes, sensitive sin ger-songwriter has been copied and parodied. But the old coat he wove still fits, and still suits him well. The old songs ring as true as they ever d id, and the new ones are just as good.<br> <br>Concerning his new album pr oject, “unentitled,” Gorka has commented: “Writing songs is my way of try ing to make some sense of the world. In terms of the songs on the record, we need to work for hope and we need ot