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Folk Music

Joan Baez’ Art Is Still Political, But Now She’s Making Paintings Instead of Music

The folk singer's latest artistic series consists of portraits she's posting on Instagram to encourage people to vote.
By Helen Holmes
Roger Waters performs during his Us + Them Tour at Staples Center on June 20, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

Impotent Political Grandstanding Is Forcing Rock and Roll into Irrelevancy

Roger, Bono, Bruce, and Billy Joe, sit down and shut up.
By Tim Sommer
Willie Nile

Song Premiere: Willie Nile Pays Tribute to Bob Dylan

"God bless, Bob Dylan, the Greta Garbo of rock ‘n’ roll. Thank God for him, because the world would be so boring without him."
By Ron Hart
Father John Misty.

Father John Misty’s New Song Is Begging for a Trump Retweet

By Bryn Gelbart
John Paul White.

Life After the Civil Wars: The Reconstruction of John Paul White

By Ari Rosenschein
Jalopy in Red Hook Brooklyn.

A Turning Point for Jalopy as the Roots Music Haunt Seeks Nonprofit Status

By Molly McQuade
Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen Leaves Us, Tearing Through the Veil of Flesh

By Justin Joffe
Bob Dylan.

King of the Inauthentic, Did Bob Dylan Deserve the Nobel Prize for Literature?

By Tim Sommer
Shovels and Rope

The Burden of Being Human: Shovels and Rope Get Personal on ‘Little Seeds’

By Jim Farber
Oscar Brand.

RIP Oscar Brand, the Man Who Built the Foundation for Modern Folk Music

By Tim Sommer
Marlon Williams

New Zealand’s Marlon Williams Strikes the Heart of Classic Country Music

By Justin Joffe
Rebecca Hall and Jason Sudekis, in Tumbledown. PHOTO: Starz Digital

Rebecca Hall and Jason Sudeikis Reluctantly Find Love in ‘Tumbledown’

By Rex Reed

Mourning for Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano Starts Over Again

By Mac Randall

A Totally Batshit Conversation With Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox

By Justin Joffe
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