Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...
The 80s are known for synthesizers and pop hits, not harmonicas and ballads, but don't forget about these folk rock classics ...
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In returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be. Dom Flemons at the nightclub ...
The extended play album is an art form not many artists have ever truly mastered. Long considered a “non-committal” medium, EPs rarely run more than 30 minutes and are meant to offer listeners a taste ...
With scores of albums, famous collaborations and prestigious awards behind him, Bob Dylan named a cover of one of his songs ...
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 ...
RACINE — The Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin will present “Simply Folk,” a concert organizers call “an evening of enjoying the greatest folk songs ever written, performed by some of the ...
What does the Newport Folk Festival mean in 2025? For some, it means speaking truth to power. At this year’s festival, there was certainly a dose of that (though perhaps less than one might think).