Some songs take on more than one meaning over time. Here are some of the most anthemic songs of the 60s, and what they stand ...

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 ...

To understand how Waylon Jennings became associated with outlaw country, it's important to look at how his career began.

Folk rock reached its peak in 1966, thanks to hit songs like Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" and the Mamas & the ...

The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music – songs of the Great Depression, the civil rights era, and the social revolutions of the 1960s. As folk singer Pete Seeger put it in ...

The folk music duo of Gillian Welch and David Rawlings release their album 'Woodland," four years after a tornado destroyed their home and studio. Sponsor Message A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: The ...

In 1965, just as folk music was about to turn into folk rock, a little-known American living in England released his first ...

To borrow the title of an iconic Townes Van Zandt album, folk music is “a far cry from dead.” Many people view the folk music genre as a thing of the past, antiquated and rendered obsolete. But in ...

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 ...

Known for her folk repertoire and wider recognition through Coke Studio Bangla, Shely has been steadily building her presence ...