Did Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" really help create one of the greatest heavy rock bands of all time? That depends on who you ask.

They focused more traditional British folk ... and instrumental folk medleys. The album peaked at No. 17 on the U.K. charts for 15 weeks, remaining a cult classic with folk rock fans.

Emerging from Manchester in the wake of the city’s punk rock boom, The Smiths were founded on the songwriting partnership of ...

Led Zeppelin were instantly a tour-de-force upon the release of their debut album and paved the way for fellow British bands, ...

It’s called “Lift Your Heads” and it’s by a singer-songwriter named Bill Fox, who has just released his latest album, ...

The list below of the Top 40 Songs of 1965 highlights several great and culturally seismic tracks from the year's biggest ...

The 1960s marked an unquestionable evolution—and revolution—in rock music. The British Invasion made its ... and social activism from folk-rock artists like Bob Dylan. These elements ...

Designed to be an idyllic neighborhood more than a century ago, Forest Hills Gardens is now a hub for music — and noise ...

The rest of April will bring classics in theater, music and art. Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Our Town," is coming to Thomaston, sparking a couple of trivia questions, while the ...

Zimbabwe is the house of stone, both literally and figuratively, with its very name derived from the ancient stone city of Great Zimbabwe. Stone is more than just a material here – it’s the totem pole ...

Other audio selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved for future generations include recordings by Chicago, Miles Davis, Helen Reddy, Steve Miller Band, Tracy Chapman, the soundtrack of ...