George Wein, who set the standard for what outdoor music gatherings would become with his leadership of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals from the 1950s into the 21st century, died Monday at his ...

Etta Baker, 93, an influential blues guitarist who was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts, died Saturday in Fairfax, Va., her family said. The cause of death was not announced, but she had ...

At 49, Brian Pelky is too young to remember the fun, friendly, rousing folk music boom of the 1950s and early 1960s — the era of well-scrubbed acoustic groups such as the Kingston Trio, the ...

MILL VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – Singer Ronnie Gilbert, a member of the influential 1950s folk quartet the Weavers, has died. She was 88. Her longtime partner, Donna Korones, says Gilbert died of natural ...

In Hear This, The A.V. Club writers sing the praises of songs they know well. This week: Songs our families made us listen to repeatedly. For my entire childhood, and during visits to my parents’ ...

There was a monumental change in Aspen’s entertainment offerings during a brief three years at the end of the 1950s all centered at the Limelite. It all began in 1957 when Sheldon Rich acquired what ...

The most important talking head missing from “Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation” belongs to Bob Dylan, whose career was made in the basement clubs and coffeehouses this documentary ...

George Wein, who set the standard for what outdoor music gatherings would become with his leadership of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals from the 1950s into the 21st century, died Monday at his ...