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Description of Folk Revival

 
Folk Revival arose with a sudden resurgence of folk music in the late 1950s. Folk heroines Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell led the charge with their remakes of classic songs with a new pop sensibility. Pete Seeger and the Weavers were also influential, until the British Invasion of the mid-'60s eclipsed the movement. The tradition of playing classic folk tunes continues to this day, especially on college campuses and in cultural centers.
 

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Folk Revival Key Artists

 
Carolyn Hester

Blonde Folk Revival
singer-songwriter with a
high-toned tenor somewhat
simialr to Joan Baez and
Joni Mitchell.

Chad Mitchell

The Chad Mitchell Trio were
a bunch of letterman
sweater-wearin', crew
cut-sprotin, college
campus-hootin', Folk Revi...

Highwaymen

Highwaymen caught the
tale end of the Folk Revival
scene. They played
acoustic instruments with
close vocal harmonies.

Ian and Sylvia

Jackson C. Frank

Jim Kweskin

Getting their start in the
Cambridge coffeehouse
scene, the Jim Kweskin Jug
Band were popular in the
folk revival. Not an icon li...

Joan Baez

She was the bright shining
star of the Political Folk
revival of the early 1960s,
interpreting classic folk
songs with Dylan. This leg...

Joni Mitchell

When it comes to folk music
and women's music in the
twentieth century, Joni
Mitchell stands as the
preeminent trailblazer. Jo...

Judy Collins

Collins' sweet soprano is as
much a part of the '60s as
the Beatles or Motown.
Dorm rooms reverberated
with her rich voice.

Karen Dalton

Relegated to undeserved
obscurity for years now,
Karen Dalton was a peer of
both Fred Neil and Bob
Dylan in the '60s. An unsu...

Odetta

Odetta Gordon, the first
black political folk singer,
influenced many others to
pick up an instrument in
melodious protest. After f...

Peggy Seeger

Pete Seeger

Known for his songwriting,
politics and five-string banjo
playing, Seeger has been a
key figure in folk music
since the '30s. Pete Seege...

Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary were
pleasant folk revivalists
whose lovely three-part
harmonies made for perfect
children's songs.

Richard & Mimi Farina

Many of their songs have an
Appalachian feel and
prominently feature
dulcimers, while other
tunes plug in for a Light R...

Rooftop Singers

These folk revivalist were
cardigan-clad, clean-cut,
college-campus, one-hit
wonder squares who
scored with "Walk Right I...

Spider John Koerner

His soulful Folk Revival and
Acoustic Blues songs will
leave you wondering, "Say,
is this guy really Caucasian?"
But he is.

The Clancy Brothers

This clan of singing Irish
emigres helped catalyze the
Greenwich Village folk
scene and became a very
popular singing group.

The Kingston Trio

Chart-topping, buttondown
folk trio who are actually
hipper than you remember
and smart enough not to
hide their squareness. Th...

The Limeliters

The New Christy Minstrels

The New Christy Minstrels
were kind of like the
Mouseketeers for folkies.
Many crooners from the NY
folk scene started here.

The New Lost City Ramblers

Tom Paxton

Paxton has a low-key tenor
voice and six string skills.
He's always put his strong
social conscious up front in
his music.

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