# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-gorka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:48:59.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-gorka"
name: "John Gorka"
slug: "john-gorka"
description: "John Gorka is an American singer-songwriter. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him \"the preeminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement.\""
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Gorka_at_the_Falcon_Rodge_Folk_Festival.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-07-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.03
  momentum:             0.2084831056793674
  historical:           5.984453333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/johngorka"
    handle:    "johngorka"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2MWKhzU2iggdtLs4xLTqrP"
    handle:    "2MWKhzU2iggdtLs4xLTqrP"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johngorka.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/476063"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "جون غوركا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A7"
    title: "جون جوركا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "جون قورکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorka"
    title: "John Gorka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gorka"
    title: "John Gorka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a2e9081f-cceb-443d-88f1-898e2c421cb9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6235807"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump