Sometimes it takes a foreign source to represent your own music back to you… I'm looking forward to this new compilation of ...

Lead Belly is another important figure in the early stages of folk. You might recognize one of his trademark songs " Where Did You Sleep Last Night ." The song dates back to the 1800s, but was sung by ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

It was the perfect opener for Highway 61 Revisited, and it’s still a deeply loved little piece of 1960s poetry today. 2. “California Dreamin’” by The Mamas & The Papas A lot of folk rock ...

As the civil rights movement gained momentum in the 1960s, folk music gave voice to a new generation longing for equality and justice. "We Shall Overcome" is particularly well-known as a civil rights ...

Peter Yarrow, one-third of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday in New York City. He was 86. Yarrow died at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, The New York Times ...