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 ...

In 1960, a young Robert Zimmerman — who had begun to call himself “Bob Dylan” — journeyed from the icy flatlands of Minnesota ...

A few rock musicians from the 1970s have disappeared over the years, and we found out what exactly happened to them.

Pete Seeger was a major figure in America’s folk revival and influenced generations of musicians—including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Bragg. Seeger’s rendition of “We Shall Overcome” ...

Episode 135 features an interview and performance from Loudon Wainwright III, songs from folk artist Hal Cannon, Michigan ...

While Dylan and Paul Simon are the names that you may most associate with the American 60s folk sound, artists like Joan Baez have much to offer to anyone embarking on an acoustic guitar journey ...

Co-founder of the undergraduate Program in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies and history professor Estelle Freedman ...

Pete Seeger, who, at forty-five, is one of the elders of American folk music, recently observed, “Dylan may well become the country’s most creative troubadour—if he doesn’t explode.” ...