Yes, for decades, it's the late Ives who has been wishing us a "Holly Jolly Christmas." If I didn't grow up with a dad who loved folk music I never would have known Ives for anything more than his ...

Irwin Silber, who helped spark a resurgence of interest in American folk music during the 1950s and '60s with Sing Out!, the magazine he founded and edited for nearly two decades, and who publicly ...

Eleanor Roosevelt likes to ask young musicians to perform at the White House, and young musicians naturally like to be asked. Last week Mrs. Roosevelt put on “An Evening of Songs for American Soldiers ...

For the week starting Friday, Aug. I 5. Times are E.D.T., subject to change. Burl Ives (Fri. 8 p.m., Mutual). Travelogues in folk music on the git-fiddle. American ...