Richie Havens will be missed; his great talent makes me wish there were more black folksingers. His voice was unmistakable and unforgettable.
The Washington Squares are anachronistic but a modern take on folksinging, with Beatnik outfits, goatees, and dark glasses.
Soeur Sourire was the #1 album in the country for 10 weeks until toppled from the pinnacle of the Billboard charts by Meet the Beatles! in early 1964.
The folksinging trio’s debut album, Peter, Paul and Mary is one of the few folk music albums to reach Number One on the Billboard album charts.
The debut album by Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell might be the most botched rollout of an album by a major record label in history.
As to the album at hand, The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio, they were assisted in their irreverence by Broadway veteran E. Y. “Yip” Harburg.
Documentary of the March on Washington presents selections from the music and speeches at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.
Bob Dylan is the only musician awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, illustrating well his towering stature in popular music.
The five wide-ranging artists featured on Contact: Sounds of Mod are Bob Dylan, Bobby Vinton, Chad & Jeremy, the Yardbirds, and the Dave Clark Five.
The Chieftains is a traditional Irish folk band known and beloved throughout the world whose recordings are mostly instrumental.