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A new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of a pivotal moment in folk music history taps into a revival of ...
These four folk songs from different eras of the genre made folk music cool again, and they've aged pretty well today.
In 1966, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Donovan, and other famous folk acts were still walking, talking, and doing their thing. However, the year saw the rise of some newbies and the resurgence of some oldies.
Michael Stock has been hosting “Folk & Acoustic Music” on WLRN, South Florida Public Radio for over 30 years. Michael was introduced to folk music back in high school when a teacher at Miami ...
Takoma Park Folk Festival chair Meira Stearn enhances this year's event by adding a Children's Nook, a parade, and a diverse ...
The 49th annual Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival featured performers from across the country over the Labor ...
‘Newport & the Great Folk Dream’ filmmakers tell Rolling Stone about their doc on Newport Folk Festival and its connection to 'A Complete Unknown.’ ...
One example demonstrating a baneful effect on the Catholic Church in America is the journey that Irish folk music has made from its homeland, through America and then through decades of popular ...
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 ...
Researchers Analyzed Folk Music like It Was Mutating DNA: They Found Amazing Parallels between Life and Art Using software designed to align DNA sequences, scientists cataloged the mutations that ...
A year after circumstance forced the Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival’s move to Wheeler Park, performers and attendees were happy to return Sunday to their new home near downtown ...