The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

A new film starring Timothée Chalamet tracks Dylan's evolution from an acoustic folk singer to a rock 'n' roll superstar ...

Pete Seeger played a pivotal role in the popularization of American folk music. A master of the 5-string ... celebrated figures in American musical history. Born in 1919 into a musical family ...

Seeger was a celebrated presence in the Greenwich Village folk scene into which an unknown singer-songwriter named Bob Dylan ...

A legend of the folk genre, Joan Baez was born in New York in 1941 but moved frequently as her father’s employment situation ...

It’s not shocking then that The Beatles occasionally incorporated elements of folk music into their own special musical stew. Here are five occasions when they did just that and, as usual, ...

winning five Grammys and performing at key moments in American history, including the 1963 March on Washington. NEW YORK - Peter Yarrow, a singer-songwriter known as one-third of the folk-music ...