One could argue that there is truly no one writer of a song. Really, no one person can be given sole credit for the endless amount of inspiration and guidance that goes into one song, given that a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On September 19, 1981, a beloved '60s folk-rock duo reunited for what would become a legendary concert 11 years after their bitter ...

What do Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Peter, Paul, and Mary, and Simon & Garfunkel all have in common? They all emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s and went on to have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dragged along by my dad to see Pentangle, I heard something ancient that kickstarted my obsession with this country’s folklore – an enchanted, subversive and strange version of a Britain where I could ...

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 ...

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 ...

Paul Simon Always Felt He Came in 'Second' to This '60s Folk Hero originally appeared on Parade. The music industry of the 1960s was constantly evolving, and Paul Simon was keenly aware of its ...

Peter Yarrow, whose Peter, Paul and Mary trio helped bridge folk music into the pop world with such hit songs as "Puff the Magic Dragon" and "If I Had a Hammer," has died at 86. He had bladder cancer, ...