Eliza considers how far folk music has come since its rebirth in the folk clubs of the Sixties. Folk music is currently enjoying a popularity unimaginable twenty years ago. BBC Radio 2 has ...

It has now been 60 years since the Grateful Dead formed. The US rock band first played at Ken Kesey’s “acid tests” in La Honda, California, in 1965. There, attendees would consume large doses of LSD ...

The voice of an iconic 1960s folk-rock song is dead at age 83. Jesse Colin Young, the leader of the ‘60s group the ...

But the violinist is known for… Folk legend Joan Baez reflects on a life in music and activism After six decades performing, folk legend Joan Baez is saying farewell to music with a tour this ...

Peter Yarrow, whose Peter, Paul and Mary trio helped bridge folk music into the pop world ... While he made an undeniable impact on the music scene of the '60s, Yarrow was convicted in 1970 ...

This kind of fanaticism toward these legends of the folk movement is recognizable to many young people my age, who have witnessed a revival of the music and ... one of the '60s, and it’s a ...

Son of Woody Guthrie, Arlo began performing at 13. His 18-minute song, "Alice's Restaurant", is a classic of late-‘60s folk music. Guthrie still tours and writes music. Guthrie is also involved ...