Given the title, you’re probably asking yourself: What folk music came out during the 1980s? That is an entirely fair question, as the genre’s relevance took a nose-dive with the rise of synth-pop, ...

Bruce Springsteen’s shift away from rock and roll in the early 1980s produced one of his most introspective and haunting albums, Nebraska, and featured a song that would come to define 1980s folk rock ...

'80s 'Jack & Diane' Folk-Rock Legend, 73, Gets Grumpy With Crowd During Hit Song (And They Love it) originally appeared on Parade. Though he may have written some of the most beloved tunes of the '80s ...

When people think of folk music as a genre, there are certain entertainers that come to mind: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Pete Seeger to name a few. But the truth is, folk’s influence was ...

Folk originates from the German word "volk," which means "the people." And that's what folk is at its core: from the people, documented and shared with individual experience in mind. The late 19th ...

Some artists thrived in the '80s — Michael Jackson, Prince, Madonna, etc. Others, arguably, did not. Even the most devoted of Bob Dylan fans don't typically point to the '80s as his best decade of ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of ...