Girl Scouts singing folk songs, a flag-waving party and a Times Square ball drop are among the planned Semiquincentennial ...
In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...
Continuing the work of Bob Dylan, The Byrds, and others, these acoustic songs from 1971 also put the rock in folk rock.
Liege & Lief was Fairport Convention’s third album, released in 1969, and marked a dramatic and purposeful shift from the band’s previous sound. Following a car accident that killed drummer Martin ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — I’m remembering a quote from television producer David Simon (The Wire) who when producing his at-the-time new show on post-Katrina New Orleans, Treme, argued for music — not movies ...
Woody Guthrie and Burl Ives in Central Park, New York, 1940 (courtesy Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, NYWT&S Collection) At the center of Folk City, through January at the Museum ...
Prev. ed. published under title: Introducing American folk music. Exploring American Folk Music: Ethnic, Grassroots, and Regional Traditions in the United States reflects the fascinating diversity of ...
the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame (FARHOF), Boston’s living music museum and newest cultural and educational initiative inside the Boch Center Wang Theatre, announced its inaugural class of ...