Bernie Sanders, folk troubadour: a politician's star turn

2020-03-12 4,810 Dailymotion

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Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is famous for his left-wing politics and his Brooklyn accent, but less so for his short-lived stint in the music world. In the late 1980s the then mayor of Burlington, Vermont recorded a five-track folk album that would go on to earn him a spot on the Billboard Top New Artists chart. Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/us-canada/us-elections/254250-bernie-sanders-folk-troubadour-politician-star-turn