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On This Day in 1961, We Said Goodbye to Woody Guthrie’s Right-Hand Man, Who Bob Dylan Called “One of the Great Unsung Heroes”

James Taylor performing

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3 Nostalgic Folk Songs From the 1970s That Will Bring You Back to Your First Love

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  • On This Day in 2013, We Said Goodbye to the Folk Singer Rendered Immortal by a Traffic Jam

    On This Day in 2013, We Said Goodbye to the Folk Singer Forever Immortalized in Woodstock History (Thanks to a Traffic Jam)

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  • Bob Dylan

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    April 20, 2026, 10:30 am

  • 3 Forgotten Folk Songs From the 2010s You Need To Hear Again

    April 18, 2026, 10:00 am

  • 3 Underrated Folk Songs You’ll Like if You Love “Blowin’ In The Wind”

    April 17, 2026, 2:06 pm

  • John Prine in Atlanta in the mid-1970s

    The Life-Changing Moment That Led John Prine To Start Writing Again in the Late 1960s, After Years of Not Playing

    April 16, 2026, 4:46 pm

  • Simon & Garfunkel performing in the 1960s

    3 Fracture Points That Led to Simon & Garfunkel’s Inevitable Breakup in 1970

    April 16, 2026, 9:13 am

  • Bob Dylan in 1960s

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    On This Day in 2020, the World Lost One of the Most Influential Songwriters of the 20th Century

    April 7, 2026, 3:06 pm

  • Bob Dylan

    18 Years Ago Today, Bob Dylan Was Honored for His “Profound Impact” on American Music and Culture

    April 7, 2026, 12:29 pm

  • Simon & Garfunkel

    62 Years Ago Today, Simon & Garfunkel Were at No. 1 With the Grammy-Winning Soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman’s Breakout Movie Role

    April 6, 2026, 12:14 pm

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