Roger McGuinn was always considered a legend of folk rock, but he never intended in being in a band and wanted to write ...

Folk originates from the German word "volk," which means "the people." And that's what folk is at its core: from the people, documented and shared with individual experience in mind. The late 19th ...

Ian Anderson may have been looking to rely on traditional instruments in Jethro Tull, but he thought that these folk legends were a cut above the rest.

Folk rock bands were in abundance in the 1970s. There were so many, if fact, that quite a few of the greats have faded from modern memory. Curved Air is one such progressive folk rock outfit that a ...

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

Regardless of technological advancements or changing music trends, folk music never seems to go out of style. This may have to do with roots music forming the DNA from which most music styles evolve.

For its 49th version, the Ann Arbor Folk Festival is mixing things up. Instead of its typical two nights of rising and ...