In 1967, folk rock hits by the Mamas and the Papas, Buffalo Springfield, the Cowsills, Scott McKenzie, and Bobbie Genry took ...

Folk rock evolved from folk music, but took it even further with songs like "Mr. Tamborine Man" and "Like a Rolling Stone," ...

There have been plenty of folk songs that have felt “mainstream,” but not very many that have actually reached the top of the charts. Heck, not even folk icon Bob Dylan was able to achieve a No. 1 hit ...

Sometimes a good folk rock story needs more time to tell, and icons such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen took as long as they wanted with these epic songs.

These folk songs from the 1970s deliver timeless, universal truths we could all do well to remember every now and then.

When ordinary language fails us in the face of tragedy, musicians often seem to reach for a melody instead, and that is what happened in Canada.

Despite folk rock reaching its peak in the mid-'60s, there are plenty of contemporary folk rock bands still shaking stadium shows with their acoustic guitars. The idea that this feedback-free ...

In the 1960s, folk was the centre point of musical and political resistance. Not many artists got it wrong, but these five ...

Friends and fans of a late Juneau singer-songwriter are on a mission to make his music more accessible to people with a love for poetic songwriting and a voice from a mold that may no longer exist.