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 ...

In its ‘60s heyday, Newport Folk Festival became the crucible where tradition collided with an emergent generation’s fervent, socially activated spirit to forge a new musical counterculture. This ...

Sounds like: A ’60s Greenwich Village artist traveled through time, gathering a hard outer shell along the way. When asked how she would describe her sound, AC Sapphire doesn’t mince words: “This has ...

The voice of an iconic 1960s folk-rock song is dead at age 83. Jesse Colin Young, the leader of the ‘60s group the Youngbloods, died Sunday at his home in Aiken, South Carolina, according to a press ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to Bob Dylan, there is no artist more intimately acquainted with his work than Joan Baez. The musical geniuses had a ...

Fairport Convention has become synonymous with the 'electric-folk' sound after introducing the blending of traditional and electric instruments in the late 60s.

When we think of the folk revival scene of the 1960s, we often look to Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and even Woody Guthrie’s storied career. However, there were incredible female folk singers who ...

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 ...