1 in 1950, staying atop the charts for 13 weeks ... The final song here is one he didn't write — fittingly, it's a folk song, passed down through oral tradition. It's from a concert in Nashville ...

Lead Belly is another important figure in the early stages of folk. You might recognize one of his trademark songs " Where Did You Sleep Last Night ." The song dates back to the 1800s, but was sung by ...

In The Wire 493, George Rayner-Law argues that as interest in English folk song grows once again, practitioners, critics and listeners should consider carefully the ideological currents beneath the su ...

For the perfect Valentine’s Day, you’ll need the perfect soundtrack. Luckily, love songs are far from a rare commodity.

“Turn Turn Turn” was written by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s but gained its fame after it was recorded by The Byrds in 1965. Like many folk rock songs from this era, “Turn! Turn! Turn!

The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his ...

Ellen Stekert, 89, is releasing her first independent album this year. Now if she could just find her treasured 1955 Martin ...

She was visiting as a companion of Diane Hamilton, the heiress to the Guggenheim dynasty who was travelling around Ireland recording folk singers and collecting trad songs. Over three or four ...

Bela “Bealy” Lam and His Greene County Singers was comprised of Lam, with banjo; his wife Rosa (Meadows); their son Alva, on ...

Often mistaken as an indigenous folk song, it was actually created in 1949 by Chinese filmmakers while shooting a scene for ...

Though the tune was credited to Williams, musicologists believe the song was based on an African American folk song called Long ... major recording artist in the 1950s as part of Chicago’s ...