Unless you’re a diehard folk fan or delight in finding niche little gems from music history’s past, there’s a good chance that the following 1960s folk rock songs aren’t totally familiar to you. There ...

Richard Thompson may not be a household name. But he’s the kind of songwriter and guitarist revered by many music legends. He played a pivotal role in Britain’s late 1960s folk music revival. After ...

HOLLYWOOD — Dave Van Ronk, a leader of the 1960s Greenwich Village folk music scene who influenced and befriended musicians such as Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton and Janis Ian, died Sunday at New York U.

Principally unacc. folk songs. "The selections presented here have been drawn from early, noncommercial field recordings (1943-1951) of the folk music found in the Mormon culture region"--Program ...

(Reuters) - Pete Seeger, who helped create the modern American folk music movement and co-wrote some of its most enduring songs such as "If I Had a Hammer," died on Monday at the age of 94, U.S. media ...