Few bands have defined psychedelic rock more than the Grateful Dead. Here's a primer on the band's first chapter.

Longmont’s Winter Walkabout Music Showcase returns with more than 50 performances across 16 downtown venues, inviting audiences to move through the Creative District on foot while discovering ...

After exceedingly high demand, 1960s folk rocker Paul Simon added a new show to his upcoming 2026 U.S. tour. The announcement ...

Hootenanny is a simple word that can mean a small object or a fun music gathering. It became popular in the 1930s with folk musicians like Pete Seeger and later in the 1960s TV show “Hootenanny.” ...

We caught up with Simon to find out more… What first drew you to songwriting, and how did it become a creative outlet for you? Songwriting for me evolved out of writing a lot of poetry when recovering ...

Garage rock is an amorphous label, embracing virtually anything from the mid-1960s that sounds intense and energetic and isn’t overly polished. The term has been used interchangeably with punk rock ...

Viper Room, VIP Records, the Troubadour, Whisky a Go Go, Capitol Records, Hollywood Forever Cemetery: Here's a guided tour ...

• Say She She: Friday, Feb. 6, at Music Box, 1337 India St., 9 p.m. $37.

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, ...

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed ...

In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating the spirit and relevance of the protest song, spreading messages on such ...

Brian Turk, a 47-year-old bassist, understands how folk music might seem irrelevant today, especially in comparison to its explosion in the ‘50s and ‘60s. But he’s adamant this unique American art ...