A self-taught musician, Elizabeth Cotten changed American folk music. The twice-nominated folk musician, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten won her first Grammy at 90 years old. Fiercely proud of her North ...
Let's look at three early folk rock staples that helped the genre become a major player in the 1960s and 1970s cultural ...
OAKLAND, Calif. — I’m remembering a quote from television producer David Simon (The Wire) who when producing his at-the-time new show on post-Katrina New Orleans, Treme, argued for music — not movies ...
Greenwich Village in the 1960s was home to a counterculture folk music scene that produced legendary artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell. A network of cafes and bars that ...
Folk music. "A total of 94 songs, this set comprises every song which appeared in Ruth Crawford Seeger's famous children's book of the same title Table of contents Yonder she comes -- Down came a lady ...