Listen to tracks by Maggie Rogers, Angélica Garcia, Jessica Pratt and more.
Category: Folk Music
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Founder of the New Christy Minstrels Randy Sparks Dies at 90
With a keen eye for young talent, he helped boost the careers of Steve Martin, John Denver, Kenny Rogers and many other performers.
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Hurray for the Riff Raff’s Alynda Segarra on ‘The Past Is Still Alive’
Alynda Segarra used to romanticize the past. But their music evolved, and now they’re certain: “This is absolutely the right time for me to be alive, and writing songs.”
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Dick Waterman, Promoter and Photographer of the Blues, Dies at 88
A “crackpot eccentric Yankee” from Massachusetts, he revived the careers of long-forgotten Southern artists during the blues boom of the 1960s.
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Best and Worst Moments From the 2024 Grammys:
Young women brought the drama, Jay-Z surprised with a barbed speech and heroes long absent from the show’s stage made welcome returns at the 66th annual awards.
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Joni Mitchell Performs at the Grammys for the First Time
Mitchell, who largely vanished from the public eye after having an aneurysm nine years ago, performed “Both Sides Now.”
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Was 1968 the Grammys’ Best Year Ever?
Before the 2024 awards on Sunday, revisit a ceremony where the Recording Academy got it right, honoring the Beatles, Bobbie Gentry, Aretha Franklin and more.
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Melanie, Singer Who Made a Solo Splash at Woodstock, Dies at 76
Just 22 when she charmed the festival crowd, she went on to enjoy success with songs like “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)” and “Brand New Key.”
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7 Great Songs From Great 7th Albums
Inspired by Ariana Grande’s return, hear tracks from U2, Sleater-Kinney, Guided by Voices and more.
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Alice Parker, Composer Who Heard Music in Poetry, Dies at 98
A master of American choral music, she wrote arrangements of hymns, folk songs and spirituals used in concert halls and churches countrywide.
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The Best Songs Our Readers Discovered in 2023
Songs by Labi Siffre, Bessie Banks, the Brat and more that became invested with fresh meaning.
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12 Notable Boxed Sets From 2023
Whitney Houston’s gospel music, Future’s prolific mixtape run, a chunk of Joni Mitchell’s archives and a soundtrack of Brooklyn’s early discos arrived in new packages this year.