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 ...

Beloved '70s folk singer Yusuf/Cat Stevens has canceled his North American book tour.

Revisit three songs from 1969 that set the precedent for soft rock. These songs, more or less, built an entire sub-genre.

The 1970s produced some of the most talented, prolific and iconic female vocalists of all time. From once-in-a-lifetime voices like Patti LaBelle and Aretha Franklin to pop culture royalty like Patti ...

Tom Shipley of the 1960s and 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley has died at the age of 84, reports the New York Times. Shipley's death on August 24 was confirmed by his son, Marc, to the paper, ...

Even though most would argue that folk music really had its heyday in the 1960s, the 1970s also brought a seriously compelling slate of folksy tunes. Especially early in the decade, releases from ...