WLRN

Seraphic Fire's 'American Folk' celebrates the country's cultural essence

"American Folk" then became a tribute to the older musical roots that both Guthrie and Parton drew from: Shaker devotional tunes, psalm singing from the New England hymnody, Appalachian fiddle tunes ...
American Songwriter

3 Female Folk Artists That Deserve Way More Recognition Today

Everyone knows about the greats like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and others who propelled the folk movement in the 20th century. But what about the unsung heroes, the “deep cut” artists who don ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 2008, the World Lost the Queen of American Folk Music, Responsible for Influencing Your 1960s Favorites

Before there was Bob Dylan, the folk revival icon, there was Odetta. Before there was Janis Joplin, the wailing blues singer, there was Odetta. The woman whom Martin Luther King Jr. called the “Queen ...
insider.si.edu

Artists of American folk music : the legends of traditional folk, the stars of the sixties, the virtuosi of new acoustic music / edited by Phil Hood

"A Guitar player and Frets book." siris_sil_338309 ...
Forbes

Artists From 34 Countries Will Travel To Folk Music Gathering

Thousands of travelers will head to New Orleans in January for the 38th annual Folk Alliance International Conference, the largest gathering of folk musicians and industry officials worldwide. ByGary ...