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 ...

Plus, California songwriter Petracovich shares a monologue and new music inspired by her grief of losing a child. — The Great American Folk Show is written, recorded, and hosted by folksinger ...

The American folk music legend died Monday at age 94 of natural ... (Seeger had, in fact, been a member of the Communist Party until 1949.) When he was called to testify before the House Un ...

An exuberant “Howdy!” is always a good way to kick off a folk festival — which is what Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor ...

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

"American" music includes much more than the western classical music ... Cramer and Grace Cramer Small, pioneers, folk singers, folk song collectors. Includes tape recorded interview. Ballad operas ...