These elements combined to create a renaissance of folk music during this decade. Folk festivals in the 1980s became significant events, celebrating the genre’s rich heritage and its modern ...

The “zeitgeist of 100 years ago” returns to Mandel Hall for its 65th year next month. String your banjos and rosin your bows, ...

In it, Seeger comes off as a dust-covered relic of folk music history, an obstacle to Dylan’s fame, even as it was Seeger who opened the door for him. Seeger, himself, became a celebrity as a ...

“I’m glad I’m able to add some political diversity to the genre (today),” he says, because social consciousness is at the heart of folk music. He cites Merle Haggard’s “Mama’s Hungry Eyes” as an ...

Also figuring prominently at the epicenter of that revolution and in “Back” is Scottish folk-rock flower ... recitation/ photographic history of the ‘60s music revolution which he is ...

John McCutcheon, a legend in the folk music world, has addressed some of America’s greatest injustices over the last 50 years ...

He played a part in folk music history right up until the day he died last June. What is left is a legacy that will be enjoyed for years to come — songs and stories which have kept alive the oral and ...