Singer Ronnie Gilbert, who rose to fame in the 1950s as part of the Weavers, a quartet that paved the way for the folk music explosion in the 1960s, died Saturday, June 6 at the Redwoods, a senior ...

WESTON, Conn. (AP) — A member of the influential folk music quartet the Weavers who went on to a lengthy career as a composer, arranger and songwriter has died. Fred Hellerman was 89. Caleb Hellerman ...

URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- When veteran Chicago folk musicians Michael Smith and Barbara Barrow formed the tribute band Weavermania five years ago, they at first wanted to do a theatrical show that ...

“You may have thought you were comin’ here tonight to sit back and take things easy while we did all the work,” Pete Seeger told the audience at the legendary 1955 Weavers concert at Carnegie Hall.

Legendary Scottish band The Tannahill Weavers is set to perform at Cà d’Zan House Concerts in Cambridge. According to a release, you can experience traditional Scottish band The Tannahill Weavers for ...

Tom Paxton, an icon of the 1960s folk music movement, is riffing in a coffeehouse. Perfect! Of course, it's a Starbucks near Paxton's townhouse in Old Town Alexandria -- nothing like the small, homey ...

Professional folk singing in the U.S. is mostly the province of a few long-haired purists who rarely get a hearing outside the clubs and recital halls where their small but fervent public gathers.