One thing you can always count on is if Neil Young has something on his mind, he won't be afraid to share it. The prolific folk artist recently updated his site, the Neil Young Archives, with a big ...

Of course, if you were alive and listened to the radio, you know it was Denver, with four hits that year, including "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" which hit No. 1 on both country and pop charts. "It ...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...

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 ...

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

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

Neil Young had solidified himself as a folk rock icon in the 1960s, but at the end of the '80s, his career was at a crossroads. He had spent the decade releasing experimental albums that were so far ...

Folk music is one of those styles of music that really defies time. We tried not to reuse too many of the same '60s/'70s reference points in the reviews on this list, but it's so tempting because ...

When people think of folk music as a genre, there are certain entertainers that come to mind: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Pete Seeger to name a few. But the truth is, folk’s influence was ...