The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

The American folk music legend died Monday at age 94 of natural causes. His wife of 70 years, Toshi, died last year. As with all influential musicians and songwriters, Seeger's music will live on.

Below is 22-year-old Baez performing the song at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. It would be difficult to tell the story of American folk music ...

In the below list ... Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this is just the tip of the iceberg — its possible there may not have been a Dylan or a folk ...

Sorry, we don’t have any streaming links for The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music right now. Please check again later.

The trio’s recordings of two of his songs, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right” and “Blowin’ in the Wind,” became Billboard Top 10 hits during an American renaissance in folk music.

For example there's English folk music, Scottish folk music, American folk music, Russian folk music and so on. Each type of folk music is very different and can teach us things about a particular ...