Celtic music played a crucial role in the folk revival of the 1980s, infusing the genre with its vibrant and haunting melodies. The influence of Celtic instrumentation, like fiddles and tin ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

Lead Belly is another important figure in the early stages of folk. You might recognize one of his trademark songs " Where Did You Sleep Last Night ." The song dates back to the 1800s, but was sung by ...

Highly acclaimed folk singer Eliza Carthy presents this four-part series charting the rise of British folk music from the revival of the 1960s to the thriving folk music scene of today. With music ...

The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

but at the time it was a refreshing change of pace from "classic pop" type music — Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Perry Como, etc. 2. Carolyn Hester Anybody who was anybody in the folk revival ...

The popularity of Kahan's songs, which combine confessional lyrics, cheerful melodies and a lot of acoustic guitar, signalled that a revival of a certain kind of folk music, stomp-clap-hey ...

Peter Yarrow, a major figure of the Sixties folk revival with Peter ... because in that class I saw the transformational power folk music had,” he told Westword in 2015.

Peter Yarrow, the singer, songwriter, and political activist who was a major figure in the folk revival movement of the 1960s as one third of the music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday ...