He dropped out of college in the mid-1960s to move to Los Angeles and pursue music, in spite of the initial disapproval of ...

During the 60s, voices for change came together in song. Here are some of the most influential folk voices from this period.

It is worth mentioning that this list is far from exhaustive. I’m just a fan of these four tunes, in particular. Nobody was doing folk music in the 1990s like Jeff Buckley. “Last Goodbye” is still ...

The setting -- Negro folk music in the United States -- Anthems and spirituals as oral literature -- Cries, calls, whooping, and hollering -- Sounds of work -- Blues -- Ring games and playparty songs ...

When guitarist Marisa Anderson asked to see the famed folklorist and anthropologist Harry Smith’s record collection—or what was left of it when he died in 1991—she was given ...

Sung and played by native musicians. FW-ASCH-7RR-2773, -2774, and -2775, all in black tape boxes, contain tracks which where incorporated into the Folkways anthology entitled Folk Music U.S.A.

The guitarist mined the scholar Harry Smith’s LP collection, recording her takes on songs rooted in regions the United States has been in conflict with since 1970. The guitarist mined the scholar ...