The inimitable Joan Baez has announced what's being billed as her "final formal" North American tour, which will begin in September in upstate New York and run through the rest of the year. It's in support of her latest album, Whistle Down The Wind, which comes out at the end of this week. You can…

The Library of Congress has announced 2015's new entries into the National Recording Registry. The wide-ranging list includes works from the Doors, Sesame Street, Joan Baez, Radiohead, Steve Martin, Lauryn Hill, Cole Porter, Sly & the Family Stone and the Righteous Brothers.Each year, 25 recordings are selected 'that have been recognized for...

Joan Baez, Passenger, Nick Mulvey, John Butler Trio, Wilko Johnson, Frank Turner are just some of the acts that will be taking part in this summer's Cambridge Folk Festival

The new Coen brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis is set in Greenwich Village’s 1960s folk-rock scene, a scenario that just begs for a star-studded musical bash. And wouldn’t you know it, last night a coterie of prominent folk-rockers including Conor Oberst, Colin Meloy, the Avett Brothers, Marcus Mumford, Patti Smith, Joan Baez...

The DVD release of Legends Of Folk: The Village Scene features vintage performances by icons of the '60s folk movement