Folk music has evolved and changed through the years, but it’s never really gone away. While there are a few stellar folk acts out there in the modern world today, you just can’t beat the classics.

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 ...

The Limeliters in 1960: Alex Hassilev, left, Lou Gottlieb and Glenn Yarbrough. (GAB Archive / Redferns / Getty Images) Alex Hassilev, the singing, songwriting, guitar and banjo virtuoso who was the ...

When we think of the folk revival scene of the 1960s, we often look to Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and even Woody Guthrie’s storied career. However, there were incredible female folk singers who ...

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 ...

For a spell in the late 1960s, the Queen City Balladeers went by the name 'The Wise Owl.' In the summer of 1963, rock 'n' roll was in. The Rolling Stones had played their first show that previous July ...

Senior staff writer Alaina Babb argues that folk music is far from dead, continuing to shape political discourse and movements across generations ...

Ian Tyson, a towering figure in Canadian music who found his greatest renown as half of the ’60s folk-singing duo Ian and Sylvia, died Thursday at 89. The cause of death was attributed to “ongoing ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Limeliters in 1960: Alex Hassilev, left, Lou Gottlieb and Glenn Yarbrough. (GAB Archive / Redferns / Getty Images) Alex ...