In the 1960s, folk music transformed itself from a quaint acoustic rural sound into a form of melodic resistance. Today, we are seeing the return of this powerful art form.

Have you ever just had your world absolutely reordered because of a piece of music? If you consider yourself a devout music fan, then you surely have, and one genre that seemingly tends to lead to ...

“Like A Rolling Stone” was released in 1965 and is probably Bob Dylan’s most well-known folk rock anthem. It was the perfect opener for Highway 61 Revisited, and it’s still a deeply loved little piece ...

Well before acts like Waxahatchee, Jessica Pratt, Angel Olsen, Big Thief, Bedouine, and more readily brought folk sounds to the indie sphere, a swath of women singer-songwriters did their part to ...

The highway of pop-music history took a detour on the backroads during the folk music boom of the 1960s. For a brief period, musicians could be celebrated not for making a big noise, but for crafting ...

Howard Marshall visited KBIA studios with his new book Keep It Old-Time: Fiddle Music in Missouri from the 1960s Folk Music Revival to the Present. Howard Marshall is an author, a fiddler and a writer ...

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil ...

With Peter, Paul and Mary, the musician, who died on Tuesday at 86, eased folk songs into the Top 10. By Jon Pareles Near the end of “A Complete Unknown,” the Bob Dylan biopic that centers on his move ...

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

LOS ANGELES — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in ...

Bob Neuwirth, an artist, singer and songwriter who helped make Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin the center of the 1960s music world, has died. He was 82. Neuwirth's longtime partner, Paula Batson, confirmed ...