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 ...

Even though most would argue that folk music really had its heyday in the 1960s, the 1970s also brought a seriously compelling slate of folksy tunes. Especially early in the decade, releases from ...

The 1970s are arguably the most colorful decade of music in recent history, from Southern rock to disco to funk to R&B to hard rock to country and folk. One of those genres was, of course, the ...

Beloved '70s folk singer Yusuf/Cat Stevens has canceled his North American book tour.

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 ...

Folk music legend James Taylor, 77, makes exciting announcement: 'Here we go!' ...

Scottish singer-songwriter Joe Egan, the creative partner of Gerry Rafferty and one of the two band members of folk-rock band Stealers Wheel, died Saturday. He was 77. No cause of death was revealed, ...

Tom Shipley of the 1960s and 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley has died at the age of 84, reports the New York Times. Shipley's death on August 24 was confirmed by his son, Marc, to the paper, ...

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 ...