When we think of the folk revival of the 1960s Bob Dylan often comes to mind. Here are some nearly forgotten women who were ...

Everybody knows Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Joni Mitchell. But what about other folk musicians who inspired a new generation of ...

The departure in 1975 of the last Americans from Vietnam didn't only end a tragic chapter in the history of the two countries ...

In this lesson, we are exploring the guitar style of one of the most celebrated ‘protest singers’ of America in the 1960s and beyond. A legend of the folk genre, Joan Baez was born in New York ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

“Joan Baez has been instrumental in fighting against the idea of folk music as a tool for nativism and nationalism and instead forging a connection between folk music and social movements,” said ...