While Bob Dylan was known in the national folk scene, mostly for his protest songs, The Byrds were the ones who soared to the top of the charts with their cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man".
The Long Island Museum, WUSB 90.1 FM and The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council present the last Sunday Street concert of 2024, “Byrds Fly South,” at the Long Island Museum’s Gillespie Room, 1200 ...
The Long Island Museum, WUSB 90.1 FM and The Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council present the last Sunday Street concert of 2024, “Byrds Fly South,” at the Long Island Museum’s Gillespie Room, 1200 ...
7. "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Another Seeger song, "Turn! Turn! Turn!," also became part of the anti-Vietnam soundtrack when The Byrds recorded their version, which hit No. 1 in 1965. Here's Seeger ...
The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan's early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter, ...
Before it came to be celebrated and defined by the popular radio format known as Americana, country music shaped by folk music, rock and roll and the blues had no catchy name to distinguish it. The ...
Followed then by old-time Byrds-gospel, “Oil in My Lamp.” Jaunty guitar interplay, but a paltry song. McGuinn’s feeling vocal and Clarence White’s hick picking bring it all back home with ...