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'It's magical to be back': New Bedford Folk Festival returns, celebrates special milestone
The Standard-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW BEDFORD — How do you define folk music? The short answer is, according to Alan Korolenko —...
Milk Carton Kids Preview the First L.A. Folk Festival: It’s Not Just About Guys With Acoustic...
Variety via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Los Angeles music scene has long had “folk music,” in its many permutations and offshoots, as a...
The Milk Carton Kids revived 'excitement' for their folk stylings comes to The Ryman
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 4 months agoExcelling at the art of making uncompromising folk music put Americana-beloved veteran duo The Milk...
Janis Ian to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2023 International Folk Music Awards: Full...
Billboard via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJanis Ian will receive a lifetime achievement award at the International Folk Music Awards, which...
Diaspora Baby: L.A. folk singer Raye Zaragoza says, 'We were cowboys too'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIt's been 20 years since she picked up her first acoustic guitar, but folk singer Raye Zaragoza says she still fields the occasional quizzical look from strangers. “When I first started playing ...
Can Folk Music Still Be Radical?
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND — A decade ago, Pete Seeger gave the organizers of the Newport Folk Festival a mission statement. “If you’re going to have the...
Judith Durham, Australian folk icon behind Oscar-nominated song 'Georgy Girl,' dies at 79
Entertainment Weekly via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJudith Durham, the Australian folk-music icon who sang lead on the Oscar-nominated single "Georgy...
Icon Tom Paxton finds a good seed in songwriting sidekick C. Daniel Boling
The Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 12—Renowned singer-songwriter Tom Paxton has long defined his genre of folk as music created mostly by people who do something else for a living. "And we usually don't know who wrote those ...
Civil rights movement of '50s, '60s sparked anthems of peace, love. Tune in to hear some.
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe American Civil Rights Movement from 1955 to 1968 was defined by heroic leaders like Dr. Martin...
Bob Dylan is a songwriting great – and his acoustic guitar approach defined the folk sound
Guitar World via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoBob Dylan. Bob Dylan is an artist who emerged as a folk musician but had an impact way beyond the...