Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...

This brother-and-brother duo may have been from the Bronx, but their involvement in the Greenwich Village folk music movement led to this incredible folk album. Double-Back was released in 1971 and ...

Even though most would argue that folk music really had its heyday in the 1960s, the 1970s also brought a seriously compelling slate of folksy tunes. Especially early in the decade, releases from ...

From sun-soaked harmonies to confessional folk, these 17 classic Laurel Canyon albums defined a countercultural golden age ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most known for his ’70s hits “Year of the Cat” and “Time Passages,” both of which spent time in the top ten of Billboard’s Hot 100 ...

This is a true story. It all really happened. Now 48 years later it's being retold again and will find new life as a folk hero story about a man frustrated with the system who decides to try and make ...

An influential folk singer/songwriter who was an integral member of the genre during the 1960s and 1970s has died. He was 83. Michael Hurley died at his home in Astoria, Oregon after returning from a ...