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 ...

These three female folk artists changed the genre in very important ways, and their stories couldn't be more different than one another.

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’ ...

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 ...