Member of ’60s Folk-Rock Band Spotted in Rare L.A. Outing originally appeared on Parade. The last surviving member of the Mamas & the Papas, Michelle Phillips, just made a rare appearance in the ...
Folk rock dominated the pop charts in the mid-1960s. These four massive hits put their definitive stamp on the genre.
Bob Dylan admitted copying Dave Van Ronk 'phrase for phrase.' But what happened next was 'very, very annoying' to the folk ...
On September 19, 1981, a beloved '60s folk-rock duo reunited for what would become a legendary concert 11 years after their bitter split. One-half of the pair hoped it would help take the focus off ...
Few people have done more to advance and celebrate folk music than Jim Kweskin. At 84, he's been playing folk, jug music and Americana for over 70 years. He started the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, which ...
Recently, I spoke to a woman who remembered vividly a concert she had once attended. It was 1965, she was fourteen years old and her father had taken her to see Bob Dylan and Joan Baezplay at the ...
Penn State professor and Hazleton resident Mark Charles Rooney and his musical partner Marty Zybura will be performing a concert of folk rock and popular tunes from the 1960s, along with some original ...
The purpose of folk music has always been rooted in the tradition of social, political, and emotional exploration. While many genres of music aim to detach listeners from reality, folk music does the ...
Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of ...