Lead Belly is another important figure in the early stages of folk. You might recognize one of his trademark songs " Where Did You Sleep Last Night ." The song dates back to the 1800s, but was sung by ...

While many college students find themselves bogged down with an overload of academic work, the students in one MTSU class ...

Bob Dylan goes from feeling stuck in the folk bubble to branching off into an experimental sound, becoming one of the ...

Wahl– Just when I was beginning to wonder if this was a weak period for movies, two came into my life and they are both a ...

The last of the five members of the iconic American rock group, The Band, Garth Hudson’s death is the end of an era.

After hitchhiking to New York City, Dylan finds his way into a hospital room where his muse, folksinger Woody Guthrie, is slowly dying. Eventually, Dylan plays his tune “Song To Woody,” for him and ...

Last year it was Amy Winehouse and Bob Marley. Up soon are a quartet of films about the Beatles (an impending Michael Jackson ...

I admit, I’ve been waiting to watch “A Complete Unknown” for a long time; pretty much since the movie was announced. I was ready for a revelation, and that’s just what I got. Before I’d even left the ...

The Best Costume Design nominations are “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Gladiator II,” “Nosferatu,” and “Wicked,” which is ...

Sheila Curran Bernard is the author of “Bring Judgment Day: Reclaiming Lead Belly’s Truths from Jim Crow’s Lies.” She breaks down the myths of his career and how he expanded folk and blues music ...

If you grew up anything like I did, Bob Dylan was a household name. His albums would be constantly spinning on my dad’s ...

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