The 80s are known for synthesizers and pop hits, not harmonicas and ballads, but don't forget about these folk rock classics ...

Ian Anderson may have been looking to rely on traditional instruments in Jethro Tull, but he thought that these folk legends ...

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 ...

Revisiting comments Joni Mitchell made to Elton John about her biggest inspirations and the artists she believes to be "the greatest of all time".

In returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be. Dom Flemons at the nightclub ...

1923, 1945, 1962, and even 2045; what we are trying to say is that no matter the year, folk music will always come out. And given its sentimental and intellectual grip on the masses and the music ...