Bob Dylan's Positively 4th Street felt like a turning point, with cutting lyrics that revealed a sharper, more ...

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed ...

1923, 1945, 1962, and even 2045; what we are trying to say is that no matter the year, folk music will always come out. And given its sentimental and intellectual grip on the masses and the music ...

Some of the finest folk musicians are also some of the world’s best writers, as the stories they articulate in song match the wit and talent of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Frost, Ernest Hemingway, ...

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...

Crys Matthews won song of the year for "Sleeves Up." ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...