Janis Ian. Greenwich Village in the 1960s was home to a counterculture folk music scene that produced legendary artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell.

T here's no doubt that we live amongst legends and even less of a doubt that singer and songwriter Bob Dylan, 84, is one of ...

By the mid-60s, Converse had become disillusioned with the music scene and trying to sell her recordings. She moved to Michigan and became a writer and editor for The Journal Of Conflict Resolution.

jug music and Americana for over 70 years. He started the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, which played the Newport Folk Festival ...

Born in Texas and raised in Oklahoma, Karen Dalton wasn’t your typical bohemian, starry-eyed folk musician in New York. She had a very rough life. She was divorced twice by the time she turned ...

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan are two of the most iconic musicians of the '60s, and while they've always had a devoted following, the Oscar-nominated biopic A Complete Unknown-where Monica Barbaro plays ...

When the folk music jamboree ‘‘Hootenanny’’ hit the ABC airwaves in April 1963, it struck a chord with then-21-year-old Dan Hicks.

'60s Singer and Songwriter Legend, 81, Marks Milestone of Meeting Fellow Icon With Epic Throwback Photo first appeared on ...

We meet Thompson to find out how he’s preparing to go head-to-head with Tommy Emmanuel, chat about the end of his touring ...

Here are three examples of the folk tales that inspired their music. 1. Stagger Lee (1978) ...

In the 2000s, there emerged a new genre called freak folk. This sound took the aesthetics of ’60s folk music while adding a more avant-garde approach and DIY sensibilities.