Lecture Series: NJ Folk Revival Music - History and Tradition. This event continues Dey Mansions' lecture series. Author Michael Gabriele provides a chronological narrative on the evolution, traditions and history of traditional folk and folk revival music in the Garden State. The story begins in the colonial days of tavern revelers and fiddle players in the 1700s—the time frame that coincides with the days of General George Washington and Alexander Hamilton at the Dey Mansion.