These folk rock anthems of the 1960s are just a few memorable, historically relevant works to come out of one of the best ...

The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

This 1972 record from Mellow Candle is a great example of what Irish bands were doing with the genre in the 1970s. Clodagh ...

But those names are well-known. The fact of the matter is that "folk" (the genre is not always easy to define) artists like ...

The American folk music legend died Monday at age 94 of natural causes. His wife of 70 years, Toshi, died last year. As with all influential musicians and songwriters, Seeger's music will live on.

Episode 2 takes the story of American folk music from the 1930s through the 1950s. The list below includes songs especially filmed for the documentary and commercially available recorded music.

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

Mr. Yarrow was best known as one-third of Peter, Paul, and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed ...

For example there's English folk music, Scottish folk music, American folk music, Russian folk music and so on. Each type of folk music is very different and can teach us things about a particular ...