American Songwriter

3 Folk Songs From the 1990s That Still Shake the Ground We Stand On

Flannels and an attitude—Those are the two surface-level similarities between grunge rock and the folk music movement. However, what they don’t have in common, at least extensively, is their sound, ...
NPR

Joe Hickerson didn't just document American folk music. He shaped it

Library of Congress archivist Joe Hickerson has died at 89. For decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music and served as director of the library's American Folklife Center. Joe ...
The New York Times

Joe Hickerson, 89, Dies; Helped Preserve America’s Folk Song Tradition

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...
Oregonian

Joe Hickerson, folk musician and lead archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress, dies at 89

It was at a leftist summer camp in the Catskills that Joe Hickerson came up with the final two verses to Pete Seeger’s popular song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.” The new verses turned the song ...
American Songwriter

3 Folk Songs From the 1960s That Still Shake the Ground We Stand On

The purpose of folk music has always been rooted in the tradition of social, political, and emotional exploration. While many genres of music aim to detach listeners from reality, folk music does the ...