
Richard Shindell is an American folk songwriter. Shindell grew up in Port Washington, New York. He lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with his wife, a university professor, and their children.
Shindell's songwriting often involves storytelling from a first-person point of view: an INS officer and illegal immigrant in Fishing, a World War II soldier in Sparrow's Point, a Confederate drummerboy in Arrowhead, an Argentine grandmother in Abuelita, and a power broker in Confession. His other personas...
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