The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...

Peter Yarrow, iconic folk singer-songwriter and member of Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86 in New York. His group’s influence spanned the 1960s, winning five Grammys and performing at key ...

To borrow the title of an iconic Townes Van Zandt album, folk music is “a far cry from dead.” Many people view the folk music genre as a thing of the past, antiquated and rendered obsolete. But in ...

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil ...

Folk music has evolved and changed through the years, but it’s never really gone away. While there are a few stellar folk acts out there in the modern world today, you just can’t beat the classics.

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To say that Joe Hickerson left his mark on folk music history would be an understatement. In fact, Hickerson is the reason that so ...

Dick Foley — a pioneering, Grammy-nominated Seattle folk singer who performed at the Academy Awards and at the White House before his second act as a longtime KOMO host — has died. Foley passed away ...