Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...

Stephen Stills deserves a spot on our list of the most underrated folk musicians of the 1970s simply because of how much he contributed to the genre. He’s still performing and putting out music today, ...

The 1970s produced some of the most talented, prolific and iconic female vocalists of all time. From once-in-a-lifetime voices like Patti LaBelle and Aretha Franklin to pop culture royalty like Patti ...

Tom Shipley of the 1960s and 1970s folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley has died at the age of 84, reports the New York Times. Shipley's death on August 24 was confirmed by his son, Marc, to the paper, ...

From sun-soaked harmonies to confessional folk, these 17 classic Laurel Canyon albums defined a countercultural golden age ...