Marie, the Oscar-winning folk singer-songwriter and activist, has been stripped of her Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor, following an investigation that cast doubt on her ...

Ellen Stekert, 89, is releasing her first independent album this year. Now if she could just find her treasured 1955 Martin ...

2. “California Dreamin’” by The Mamas & The Papas A lot of folk rock anthems from the 1960s came straight out of California, and this song is both a product of that and a song of reverence ...

Yet, there were quite a few of those annoying songs that did reach a wider audience, Six of them are as follows. Peter, Paul & Mary were one of the biggest names within the sixties folk revival ...

Highly acclaimed folk singer Eliza Carthy presents this four-part series charting the rise of British folk music from the revival of the 1960s to the thriving folk music scene of today. With music ...

Our list of the 100 Best Protest Songs spans nearly a century and includes everything from pre-World War II jazz and Sixties folk to Eighties house music, 2000s R&B, and 2020s Cuban hip-hop.

Related Episode: Dylan’s Guitar Investigation Dawn Peterson’s dad was a pilot in the 1960s. He flew many singers and music acts, including Bob Dylan. Shortly after Newport Folk Festival in ...

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 ...

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 ...