The 1960s were a seismic decade for music, birthing countless iconic anthems that still resonate today. However, nestled ...

When we think of the folk revival of the 1960s Bob Dylan often comes to mind. Here are some nearly forgotten women who were ...

Everybody knows Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Joni Mitchell. But what about other folk musicians who inspired a new generation of ...

from the minstrel shows after the Civil War to the protest music of the 1960s. “Folk & Acoustic Music” also features all types of folk music, from bluegrass, blues, old-time, gospel ...

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights ...

Acoustic music and songs from rural areas became popular with youth in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. And as alcohol-free third ...

The quest to find something new in old songs led Martin to make his latest album, “Transform Me Then into a Fish,” which reinterprets songs he recorded in the 1960s. It will be released on May ...

Though folk is not as popular as it once was, a resurgence of the genre has been sparked through social media and activism as the forefront of social-political commentary. The basis of folk ...

Folk music legend Michael Hurley has died, aged 83. Hurley was a pioneer of the outsider folk and freak folk movements in the 1960s. His death was confirmed by his family. In a statement to ...

Michael Hurley, a beloved underground singer-songwriter who emerged in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s, has died at ... performances at the Big Ears music festival in Knoxville ...