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The Sweetly Innocent Letter a Teenage Emmylou Harris Sent to Pete Seeger When She Was Starting out Playing Music

January 9, 2026, 1:52 pm
3 Massive 1970s Folk Hits That Everyone Loves—and Somehow Feel Completely Personal

January 8, 2026, 1:55 pm
The One Song Out of Hundreds Bob Dylan Always Regretted Writing: “I Must Have Been a Real Schmuck”
1970s Folk Artists the Mainstream Forgot but Still Earned Enduring Songs

January 5, 2026, 12:00 pm
The Nanci Griffith Lyric That Sings the Praises of a Defunct Department Store Chain

January 5, 2026, 7:30 am
Paul McCartney Once Wrote a Love Song About This Country (and No, It Isn’t England)

January 5, 2026, 7:04 am
3 Early Folk Rock Songs That Solidified the Subgenre as a Major Rock and Roll Force

January 4, 2026, 6:30 am
3 Amazing Folk Albums From the 2020s That Breathed New Life Into the Genre

January 3, 2026, 2:11 pm
On This Day in 1976, Bob Dylan Peaked on the Charts With a Protest Song That Helped Save an Innocent Man From Two Life Sentences
The 1970 Album That Overcame a Record Label Firing, Addiction, and Two Broken Hands and Feet

January 2, 2026, 12:20 pm
3 Beloved Folk Icons Who Passed Away Before They Got Big

January 2, 2026, 11:18 am
This Civil Rights Protest Song Could Have Landed Bob Dylan in Legal Hot Water

January 2, 2026, 6:30 am

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