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How folk music found its home in coffeehouses

How did folk music find its home in coffeehouses?

A post-World War II phenomenon.

Paulina Subia
May 25, 2026
It’s been usurped The death of Greenwich Village through the eyes of Dave Van Ronk

“It’s been usurped”: The death of Greenwich Village through the eyes of Dave Van Ronk

‘The Mayor of MacDougal Street’ was no fan of visiting tourists.

Andrew Clayman
Apr 24, 2026
Woody Guthrie

The tragic reason a psychiatric hospital assumed Woody Guthrie had schizophrenia

The folk legend was hospitalised in 1956.

Andrew Clayman
Feb 2, 2026

What Pete Seeger described as his “biggest disappointment”

No, it wasn’t Dylan going electric.

Andrew Clayman
Dec 29, 2025
What is the best-selling album in folk music history

What is the best-selling album in folk music history?

Not who you might expect.

Matthew Ingate
Jun 11, 2025
10 incredible riffs from folk music

10 incredible riffs from folk music

Take cover electric heads.

Will Howard
Apr 22, 2025
Aldous Harding - Musician - 2022

The folk album that “eased the angst” of Aldous Harding

“Slightly softer…”

Will Howard
Mar 4, 2025
Glastonbury - Greenpeace Field - 2024

Ancient Murmurings: five songs that channelled the rebirth of paganism

Essential listening.

Will Howard
Jan 30, 2025
Paul Simon - 1975 - Musician

Los Incas: the band who changed Paul Simon’s sound

“I loved it…”

Will Howard
Jan 13, 2025
Bob Dylan - 1962

Who started the Greenwich Village folk revival?

The start of a movement.

Will Howard
Nov 30, 2024
Ella Jenkins - Folk Musician - Singer -

Legendary folk artist Ella Jenkins passes away aged 100

She passed away “peacefully.”

Dale Maplethorpe
Nov 12, 2024
The affliction of an accent- Amelia Coburn on various ignorances of north-east accent bias - Interview - 2024

The affliction of an accent: Amelia Coburn on various ignorances of north-east accent bias

“I can’t win.”

Lucy Harbron
Apr 7, 2024

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