Ellen Stekert, 89, is releasing her first independent album this year. Now if she could just find her treasured 1955 Martin ...
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 ...
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 ...
In the below list, we're running down 10 Folk Acts That ... the first half of the '60s. Apart from Cambridge, Massachusetts, it was arguably the epicenter of folk music. That's how you wound ...
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.
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 ...
Particularly in the second half of her career, Faithfull produced work which stood head and shoulders above much of the ...
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan are two of the most iconic musicians of the ’60s, and while they’ve always had a devoted following, ...