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.

In America, the 1960s are, in part, associated with flowers in people’s hair, acoustic guitars, and people sitting cross-legged singing songs of peace and love. Indeed, the decade was a boon to ...

See the best 1960s music artists, from The Beatles to Motown legends, who shaped a revolutionary decade in music history.

Noel Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow are headed to Mesa to perform what Stookey says will be "a nostalgic visit through the Peter, Paul and Mary lexicon." But it's relevant nostalgia. As Stookey says, ...

Greenwich Village in the 1960s was home to a counterculture folk music scene that produced legendary artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell. A network of cafes and bars that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sounds like: A ’60s Greenwich Village artist traveled through time, gathering a hard outer shell along the way. When asked how she would describe her sound, AC Sapphire doesn’t mince words: “This has ...

Old folkies never die. They just get mercilessly mocked by Christopher Guest and company. "A Mighty Wind" is a breath -- make that gust -- of fresh air, a smart, rollicking spoof. Rounding up ...