'60s Folk Icon Duets Beloved Bob Dylan Song With Jesse Welles

When it comes to Bob Dylan, there is no artist more intimately acquainted with his work than Joan Baez. The musical geniuses ...
American Songwriter

3 Deep-Cut Folk Ballads From the 1970s That Aren’t by Dylan, Mitchell, or Young

If you're looking for some unpopular folk ballads from the 1970s without the names Dylan, Mitchell, or Young, then look no further.
The New York Times

Connie Francis, Whose Ballads Dominated ’60s Pop Music, Dies at 87

From 1958 to 1964, she was the most popular female singer in the United States, selling 40 million records with tunes like “Who’s Sorry Now” and “Where the Boys Are.” Connie Francis in 1958, at the ...
Yahoo

'60s Folk Legends' Biggest Comeback Performance Led to Another Split

Simon & Garfunkel’s relationship was fractured, and after years apart, their 1981 reunion concert in New York City’s Central Park was supposed to be a brief, one-off event. But when over 500,000 fans ...

Fascinating tales behind country and folk classics by Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and more

The Life of a Song series has featured a rich selection of country hits and folk ballads ...
syracuse.com

Singer of iconic ‘60s folk-rock song dead at 83

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 ...