Joan Baez writes for Rolling Stone about standing up to tyrants and the power of music ahead of the Power to the People Festival The post Joan Baez: ‘Action Is the Antidote to Despair’ appeared first ...

Who is the skinny troubadour with tousled bed hair who plays the harmonica and puts lyrical poetry to music? That […] ...

Forty years ago I joined Amnesty International's A Conspiracy of Hope music tour — the first ever to focus attention on human rights abuses worldwide. Along with U2, Sting, Peter Gabriel, and the ...

Billie Holiday, Miles Davis... jazz has long spoken truth to power, even without words. In fact, the genre's lack of lyrics ...

Folk musician who recorded a succession of celebrated albums and shared the stage with Dylan and Baez at the 1963 Newport festival ...

Jadwiga is crowned King of Poland, despite being a woman. 1492: Christopher Columbus’ fleet anchors at “Fernandina” (Long ...

Before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963, Mahalia Jackson sang. She had traveled an improbable distance to reach the Lincoln Memorial.

Although Rick Rubin had a keen ear for classics, he didn't necessarily have to be right all the time whenever he was behind ...

Bob Davenport, who has died aged 94, was a leading figure on the British folk scene for seven decades; his gritty, heartfelt ...

While Leonard Cohen's music has touched the hearts of many, few knew him quite as well or for as long as Judy Collins. Read ...

On what should’ve been his 80th birthday, beloved songwriter John Prine offers enduring lessons about the value of empathy and curiosity.

The ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ singer was 27 when she died on Oct. 4, 1970 ...