The biographical documentary “Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune” opens today at the Coolidge Corner Theatre and begins with the semi-legendary protest and folk singer (and huge movie buff) performing ...

No one needs another trip down 60s memory lane, but there’s no other way to tell the life story of protest singer Phil Ochs, a true believer who gave himself over to the great liberal causes of the ...

Though Phil has been honored and lauded by fans and peers in the years since his death, and though songs like “There But for Fortune,” “Cops of the World,” and “Ringing of Revolution” are now timelier ...

Jacob “Jack” Ochs was born in Manhattan on Aug. 11, 1909, the youngest of four children. While attending medical school in Edinburgh, Scotland, he fell in love with Gertrude Phin ...

President John F. Kennedy. John Lennon. If you are of a certain age, you remember where you were when you learned of the untimely deaths of those iconic figures. But, JJ Goldberg adds one more icon to ...

Last month, fans of 1960s singer-songwriter Phil Ochs got some long-delayed gratification when the film “Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune,” directed by Kenneth Bowser, opened in limited release at New ...

For folk singer and activist Phil Ochs (1940-1976), the ultimate insult came in the early ’60s, from his contemporary and rival, Bob Dylan. One evening, after both had performed at a Carnegie Hall ...

The Loft Cinema has the film Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune showing tonight as part of their One Hit Wonders series, a documentary looking at the life and influence of one of the most important folk ...

Premiering nationally Monday, January 23 at 10 pm (check local listings) American Masters opens its 26th season with the biography of a conflicted troubadour who, with guitar in hand, stood up for ...