Folk lovers, we are bringing you 10 easiest folk songs to play on acoustic guitar so you don’t think we forgot about you. Folk songs date from 19th century and had many definitions through the years.

On a July summer night in 1965, Bob Dylan amplified a Fender Stratocaster at the Newport Folk Festival, and the audience responded by booing him. “They certainly booed, I’ll tell you that. You could ...

The Ann Arbor Folk Festival is an event built on exploration, exposing audiences to what they hadn’t previously considered ...

The Scottish acoustic-guitar legend Bert Jansch—pronounced jansh—died today, at the age of sixty-seven, after a long battle with lung cancer. He released his first solo record, “Bert Jansch,” in 1965.

British singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch doesn't exactly rewrite the classic folk songbook on his first full-length studio album, Time Without Consequence. But with his rich, hypnotic ballads and ...

Ryan Adams sings about heartbreak on new folk-rock song “To Be Without You.” The singer-songwriter contemplates his loneliness in the midst of an upbeat arrangement of acoustic guitar, drums, ...

The acoustic guitar is still an important part of rock music. A huge production, complete with electronic components, isn’t always necessary to create a solid rock song for the ages. These four bands ...

The Decemberists pair their signature folk sound with a newer art-rock arrangement on “Once in My Life.” The single begins with singer Colin Meloy belting “Oh, for once in my life/ Could just ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Some content could not load. Check your internet connection or browser settings. When Bob Dylan appeared at the ...

The sunburst Fender Stratocaster, on which he played an iconic acoustic encore, could sell for half a million dollars. By The Associated Press Bob Dylan Critics' Choice Movie Awards - H 2012 Bob Dylan ...