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The Genre David Crosby Thought Had "No Musical Value"

“Mostly Childish Lyrics—Crappy Music”: The Genre David Crosby Thought Had “No Musical Value”

Paul Simon performing

3 Folk Songs From 1975 That Will Never Cease To Make Our Minds Race (In a Good Way)

3 Melodies From the 1960s That Have Been Pleasantly Trespassing Into Our Minds for Decades

3 Popular Folk Songs That Didn’t Make Sense to Listeners Until Later in Life

Paul Simon performing

The Young Love (Turned Heartbreak) That Inspired Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound”, Released on This Day in 1966

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  • On This Day in 2020, This Enigmatic Folk Singer Apologized to the Crowd Before Suffering a Fatal Heart Attack Onstage

    On This Day in 2020, This “Gruff” but “Sensitive” Folk Icon Apologized to the Crowd Before Peacefully Passing Away Onstage

    January 18, 2026, 7:00 pm

  • Bob Dylan performing in 1964

    The “Embarrassing” and “Pathetic” Song That Ended John Lennon’s Love of Bob Dylan

    January 18, 2026, 10:00 am

  • DAVID HUCKFELT by Graham Tolbert

    Serving the Song: David Huckfelt on ‘I Was Born, But…’

  • According to Joan Baez, Bob Dylan Never Got Used to Having So Many Fans: “I Was Always Afraid for Bobby”

    January 14, 2026, 11:30 am

  • 3 Debut Albums From the 1960s That Were Initially Flops, but Are Now Revered As Masterpieces

    January 13, 2026, 11:30 am

  • Simon & Garfunkel performing

    3 Lyrical Gems From the 1960s That Are Perfect for Readers Over Listeners

    January 13, 2026, 6:30 am

  • Popular Singer Yeison Jiménez Among Six Dead in Tragic Plane Crash

    Popular Folk Singer Among Six Dead in Tragic Plane Crash

    January 12, 2026, 10:04 am

  • 4 Times Famous Artists Rerecorded Their Own Songs Later in Their Careers, Including The Beatles, Elton John, & Joni Mitchell

    4 Times Famous Musicians Re-Recorded Their Own Songs Later in Their Careers

    January 11, 2026, 11:00 am

  • Emmylou Harris performing

    The Sweetly Innocent Letter a Teenage Emmylou Harris Sent to Pete Seeger When She Was Starting out Playing Music

  • 3 Massive 1970s Folk Hits That Everyone Loves—And Somehow Feel Completely Personal

    3 Massive 1970s Folk Hits That Everyone Loves—and Somehow Feel Completely Personal

    January 8, 2026, 1:55 pm

  • Bob Dylan performing in 1964

    The One Song Out of Hundreds Bob Dylan Always Regretted Writing: “I Must Have Been a Real Schmuck”

    January 7, 2026, 10:36 am

  • The ’70s Folk Artists the Mainstream Forgot but Still Earned Enduring Songs

    1970s Folk Artists the Mainstream Forgot but Still Earned Enduring Songs

    January 5, 2026, 12:00 pm

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