“I’m glad I’m able to add some political diversity to the genre (today),” he says, because social consciousness is at the heart of folk music. He cites Merle Haggard’s “Mama’s Hungry Eyes” as an ...

The passing of London’s own Garth Hudson means every member of The Band is now gone. But their music will continue to inspire ...

Folk? Rock? Blues? Jazz? John Martyn was a mixture of all four and certainly one of the most progressive artists of his ...

Roland Kirk’s celebrated 1967 jazz album, ‘Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith,’ is set to receive a vinyl reissue.