Grapefruit Records released a collection of artists who shaped British folk music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. While The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin pushed rock and roll into ...

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 ...

While working on the lower register of her voice with New York City singer Paul Reese, who first turned her toward folk music. By the 1930s and ’40s, the genre was driven by Peter Seeger and the ...

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 ...

Music creators who provide the soundtracks for movements championing social justice today are living the legacy of the American Folk Revival. Frank Hamilton, the youngest member of the music ...

The New Lost City Ramblers Entire books have been written about the folk revival of the late ’50s ... ultimately become the ...

This kind of fanaticism toward these legends of the folk movement is recognizable to many young people my age, who have witnessed a revival of the music and messages of Bob Dylan in the last few ...

In spite of apparent differences, folk and folk-inspired music from the roots to the avant ... lay claim to being the driving force behind the revival of British folk in the 50s, not least for ...

Kuala Lumpur has a long history of street performers, or ‘buskers,’ who bring energy and entertainment to the city’s public ...

Whitchurch Folk Festival is back for another spectacular year, bringing world-class folk artists, Morris dancing, interactive ...