Country music’s soul has always been rooted in folk traditions — from heartfelt storytelling to melodies born of shared history. Over time, these roots have blended with other influences, creating a ...

Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys . . . Patrick Dupre Quigley admits that he gets "a little misty" whenever he hears those lines from "Puff The Magic Dragon," a song his mother ...

To borrow the title of an iconic Townes Van Zandt album, folk music is “a far cry from dead.” Many people view the folk music genre as a thing of the past, antiquated and rendered obsolete. But in ...

While the current trends of the genre wouldn’t suggest it, folk music is the foundation of country music. Yes, many decades ago, before there was Nashville, the CMA Awards, and Broadway, country music ...

Ceci Day's latest song, "Country Girl Sound," is a quietly powerful and deeply atmospheric piece that fits perfectly between ...

The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music – songs of the Great Depression, the civil rights era, and the social revolutions of the 1960s. As folk singer Pete Seeger put it in ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum officially unveiled its newest exhibition, American Currents: State of the Music, ...

Reno and Lake Tahoe have been a magnet for country music acts for decades, and the lineup of big-name performers and up-and-coming artists continues in that tradition to kick off the New Year. From ...

Music runs through the veins of America. Since the nation’s inception two and a half centuries ago, music has informed our national identity, interpreted it, and inspired it. Whether sacred or secular ...

Nobody was doing folk rock justice quite like a few incredible musicians in the 1970s. In fact, the genre has come to be ...

Robert Costa is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and chief Washington analyst for CBS News. The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music – songs of the Great ...