The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed with a guitar, a harmonica, and a deep suspicion of authority. His songs ...

The 1960s folk revival may have peaked by the middle of the decade, but several influential artists carried on the tradition.

Crys Matthews won song of the year for "Sleeves Up." ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

If you're looking to start an emotional battle inside your heart and mind, then we suggest listening to these three 1975 folk songs.

Tunes that echo across the peripheries of lands – deserts, rivers, hills and forests – form the gist of the genre known as “folk music”.

A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: The Grammy-winning folk duo of Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have made a career singing about hard times. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HASHTAG") GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVE RAWLINGS: (Singing ...

My favorite moment of the documentary Family Jams – which follows Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, and Vetiver on their summer 2004 American tour – comes at an Amoeba Records meet-and-greet. While ...

It is not absolutely essential to have hair hanging to the waist—but it helps. Other aids: no lipstick, flat shoes, a guitar. So equipped, almost any enterprising girl can begin a career as a folk ...

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil ...