In 1975, local musicians the Mountain Ash Band released a folk album inspired by his story, and a tribute concert based on ...

15 excellent folk songs from the 1970s. In the ‘70s, folk and folk rock didn’t need one big bang moment like country had in ...

The Byrds' founder talked to us about the origins of folk-rock, the allure of 12-string Rickenbackers and his eternal love of folk music ...

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Many of Judy’s songs are Scottish, English or Irish, and some of them—The Golden Apples of the Sun, The Bonnie Ship the Diamond—are not often heard in folk circles.

On Winged Victory, songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ...

Martin Carthy is known for traditional British folk songs, especially one he taught to aspiring American folkie Paul Simon in 1964. With Art Garfunkel, ...

"Drinking songs are about camaraderie, which is something we really need right now." John Lomax, famed collector of American folk songs. Around 100 recordings of the 8,000 in the Lomax Archive are ...

With all that in mind, here are three folk songs that will always remain thematically timeless. “The Times They Are A-Changin’” by Bob Dylan . The only constant in life is change.

But to focus on his flamboyant costuming alone is to miss the larger picture. Onstage, Lee moves with the magnetism of a pop star and the ritualistic presence of a folk priest. Collaborating across ...