Roger Whittaker, best known for his hit 1969 track “Durham Town,” has died at the age of 87. Whittaker was known for his superb whistling ability, baritone singing voice and his guitar skills. Per his ...

Folk musician and former BBC Scotland presenter Archie Fisher has died at the age of 86. The singer, songwriter and guitarist ...

"Recorded and edited by Peter Kennedy at the English Folk Song and Dance Society." Program notes on album cover. Performer(s): Steve Benbow (with guitar), Shirley Collins, Bob and Ron Copper, Fred ...

In 2019, Grapefruit Records released a collection of artists who shaped British folk music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The compilation album Strangers in the Room: A Journey Through the British ...

Archie Fisher, Scottish folk singer, songwriter, guitar player, and long-time presenter on BBC Radio Scotland, has died at the age of 86 on 1 November 2025.

Roger McGuinn was always considered a legend of folk rock, but he never intended in being in a band and wanted to write ...

Veteran British folk artist and singer/songwriter Ralph McTell celebrated his 80th birthday on December 3. Although not a household name in the U.S., McTell has had a long, prolific, and influential ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - The term folk rock has been absent from the vocabulary of the hip and cool for several decades. However, Fairport Convention, the band that hewed the form from the ...

British folk-rocker Dolly Mavies has addressed the recent debacle that ensued after she walked out of her own gig last month due to the presence of U.S. Vice President JD Vance. The singer-songwriter, ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran British folk singer Roy Harper has been charged with sexually abusing a girl for two years in the 1970s, starting when she was under 13 years old, police said on Friday.