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 ...
Senior staff writer Alaina Babb argues that folk music is far from dead, continuing to shape political discourse and movements across generations ...
Husband and wife duo Richard & Linda Thompson started their folk-rock career in the 1970s, but one of their most iconic (and, sadly, their last) albums is the 1982 release Shoot Out The Lights. It was ...