“Like A Rolling Stone” was released in 1965 and is probably Bob Dylan’s most well-known folk rock anthem. It was the perfect opener for Highway 61 Revisited, and it’s still a deeply loved little piece ...
The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed with a guitar, a harmonica, and a deep suspicion of authority. His songs ...
The 1960s folk revival may have peaked by the middle of the decade, but several influential artists carried on the tradition.
The 1960s: a decade of social upheaval, cultural revolution, and a soundtrack that defined a generation. From the British Invasion to Motown's soulful grooves, the era gifted us with a plethora of ...
J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. Denny Doherty, one-quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, known for their soaring harmony on hits like "California Dreamin"' and "Monday, Monday," died Friday ...
shadowy, unsettling albums that signalled the ’60s dream was dying – and something stranger and darker was coming ...
Peter Yarrow, who was part of Peter, Paul & Mary and helped popularize folk music in the early '60s, has died. He was 86. According to The New York Times, Yarrow died in his Manhattan home on Tuesday.
Tom Shipley, half of the 1960s and 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, has died at age 84. His death on Aug. 24 was confirmed by his son Marc to the New York Times, though no cause was specified.