You know the songs of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, but do you know the 1940s songs that shaped their vision of folk music?
In 2024, Ross Wylde, a singer-songwriter from the US, stumbled across an unexpected listing on eBay. It was a previously unpublished photograph of Bob Dylan taken at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival, ...
At the 1963 festival, Seeger, who was producing the event, made the momentous decision to ask the board to pay every performer the same amount of money: $50. Very radical, and very folk. The music at ...
Fifty years is a very long time for any non-profit to exist, but the Ten Pound Fiddle has made it. Over the past five decades, the organization has brought noteworthy folk music to East Lansing, ...
John McCutcheon's show will be Sept. 22, 2024, kicking off the 50th season of Ten Pound Fiddle concerts. Since 1975, the Ten Pound Fiddle concert series has been bringing folk music stars to East ...
Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of ...
If you're looking for some 1960s folk songs that don't feature the names Dylan or Baez, then give these three a try.