Whatever style of acoustic guitar you most want to play, it’s worth dipping a toe into as many genres as you can. Most genres have a handful of defining signature sounds. By getting those signatures ...

Subtitled "Four decades of the very best acoustic folk music from the British Isles," this four-CD, 85-track boxed set is indeed that, with credit due to the venerable U.K. By Billboard Staff ...

It’s an inaccurate science to try to define music by category and genre. Artists rail against it, critics endeavour to nail it down into the simplest terms, the most convenient definitions and snappy ...

ACOUSTIC WEEK: Woody Guthrie was probably the first folk hero in America. He is famously quoted as saying about his playing that, "If you play more than two chords, you're showing off." This was ...

Folk lovers, we are bringing you 10 easiest folk songs to play on acoustic guitar so you don’t think we forgot about you. Folk songs date from 19th century and had many definitions through the years.

Terre Roche does not think of herself a “pure” folk musician, even though plenty of other people consider her one. The confusion is understandable. A native of Park Ridge, Terre and sisters Maggie ...

Fans of acoustic folk rock are in for a treat on Thursday, Feb. 13, when Gathering Time takes the stage at My Father’s Place. The Long Island-based trio, known for their signature tight harmonies and ...

The folk music revival reached its peak in the mid-1960s, thanks to songs by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and several other notable musicians, as well as the Newport Folk Festival. Now, the “true” peak of ...

My parents never heard their record collections come back at them refracted and renewed through the counterculture of my generation. They didn't listen to Woody Guthrie, so they didn't realize what ...