On another side, some elders believe that young activists have failed to seek the mentorship of older folks or to be guided by freedom traditions of the past.
Totally evicting our elders, the disabled folks, people with AIDS, people of color, poor people, working-class people!
Last year, when the historic Gold Dust Lounge was evicted from the space near Union Square it had occupied for nearly eight decades, its closure drew protests, lawsuits alleging elder abuse, earnest folk songs and even input from the Board of Supervisors.
In The Fine Brothers latest installment of "Elders React," they had their crew of older (and wiser) folks weigh in on the photo messaging application.
But for Martin Carthy MBE, the elder statesman of British folk music, this gallery of photographs is of more than historical interest.
Carthy has been described as the "godfather" and "elder statesman" of English folk, but neither term feels right.
As the legend has it, an outraged old guard personified by folk's elder statesman Pete Seeger strove to stop the show – Seeger supposedly attempting to chop through the power cables with an axe – while fans erupted in a conflicted cacophony of boos, cheers and protests against the sheer volume of the performance, as much as what it signified.
Like a lot of black folks, the elders in my family kept the horrors of discrimination and police brutality to themselves.
Pete Seeger, who, at forty-five, is one of the elders of American folk music, recently observed, "Dylan may well become the country's most creative troubadour — if he doesn't explode".
