The 1950s brings to mind poodle skirts, sock hops, and drive-in movies. I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, and Leave It to Beaver were popular television shows, and Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and ...

Four of the best examples of opening lines in folk music that still give me goosebumps on my arms every time I hear them.

Will Holt, a 1950s folk singer who wrote the popular song "Lemon Tree" and later composed lyrics and music for several Broadway musicals, died May 31 in Los Angeles. He was 86. He had Alzheimer's ...

Many classic folk songs and spiritual songs were born on plantations, used as a way for slaves to discreetly communicate with one another.