We’re getting on in our look back at seminal songs from the 1970s (a tongue twister if ever there was one). We’ve been going by genre and have considered rock, glam, funk, punk, and country to this ...

Pop vocal trio the Bee Gees performing at the Music for UNICEF Concert at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, January, 1979. The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and cultural ...

Folk singer Jackson Browne, 77, was still in his early twenties when his first big hit, "Doctor, My Eyes," took off, but ...

Well before acts like Waxahatchee, Jessica Pratt, Angel Olsen, Big Thief, Bedouine, and more readily brought folk sounds to the indie sphere, a swath of women singer-songwriters did their part to ...

To say that Joe Hickerson left his mark on folk music history would be an understatement. In fact, Hickerson is the reason that so much of what is known about folk music exists at all. When he died on ...

The '70s legend once used a chainsaw, hammer, and axe to open one of his most experimental songs — and it’s surprisingly ...

A resurfaced clip shows the real woman behind “Roller Derby Queen” — and the wild twist that almost got him in trouble.

Folk songs are meant to be passed on. Though folk is more or less considered a sub-genre under country these days, it started its life as a way to relay stories, customs, and oral histories. It was a ...

The 1970s was arguably one of the most transformative decades in music history. It was a time of creative freedom, where artists pushed boundaries, blended genres, and created anthems that would last ...

Folk songs are No. 1 hits in their own right, however, it is very rare for them to peak at the top of the charts. Why is that? Well, that is a loaded question entailing a lot of facets that deserve ...

Scottish singer-songwriter Joe Egan, the creative partner of Gerry Rafferty and one of the two band members of folk-rock band Stealers Wheel, died Saturday. He was 77. No cause of death was revealed, ...