Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most known for his ’70s hits “Year of the Cat” and “Time Passages,” both of which spent time in the top ten of Billboard’s Hot 100 ...

The '60s and '70s produced a ton of bright stars, but it was also a decade we notoriously lost a few of them too. For the folk-rock scene, one of their biggest wins ended up being one of their biggest ...

Forgotten '70s Folk Genius Quietly Returns With New 42-Track Drop originally appeared on Parade. Over 50 years following his tragic death, folk icon Nick Drake has shed a little bit of light onto his ...

Scottish singer-songwriter Joe Egan, the creative partner of Gerry Rafferty and one of the two band members of folk-rock band Stealers Wheel, died Saturday. He was 77. No cause of death was revealed, ...

When people think of folk music as a genre, there are certain entertainers that come to mind: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Pete Seeger to name a few. But the truth is, folk’s influence was ...