On February 23, 1940, American folk legend Woody Guthrie wrote 'This Land is My Land' in his hotel room in New York City. The song would go on to become one of the most influential and iconic folk ...
Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys . . . Patrick Dupre Quigley admits that he gets "a little misty" whenever he hears those lines from "Puff The Magic Dragon," a song his mother ...
Senior staff writer Alaina Babb argues that folk music is far from dead, continuing to shape political discourse and movements across generations ...
Folk music, above all else, aims to change the world. With every lyric, chord strum, and recording, the genre is attempting to shift the minds and perspectives of its audience. Folk music wants to ...
"A bicentennial project: Library of Congress, Archive of Folk Song"; includes recording from field and commercial sources." Program notes, including words of the songs and bibliographical ad ...
Folk ballads will likely never disappear, considering our dedication to preserving them and, if the 1960s are any indication, reviving them from history. A ton of rock musicians took old folk ballads ...
A song performed for decades by white musicians began as a work song by Black men building the Western North Carolina ...
Last month, local Pittsboro musician and songwriter Joseph Terrell posted his song, titled “Genuine American Hero” to social media. The song now has more than 3 million views on TikTok. The song ...