American folk music revival

The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s. Early folk music performers include Woody Guthrie,[1] Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, Richard Dyer-Bennet, Oscar Brand, Jean Ritchie, John Jacob Niles, Susan Reed, Mississippi John Hurt,[2] Josh White, and Cisco Houston. Lead Belly recorded "Cotton Fields" and "Goodnight, Irene"[3] and folk singer Odetta released folk albums.

New folk musicians such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Phil Ochs, Peter Paul & Mary and many others recorded folk songs and new compositions in the folk style in the 1960s and 1970s. The revival also brought forward strains of American folk music that had in earlier times contributed to the development of country and western, bluegrass, blues, and rock and roll music.

  1. ^ "Woody Guthrie Biography.com: Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer(1912–1967)". biography.com. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  2. ^ "Graded on a Curve: Mississippi John Hurt, Last Sessions – The Vinyl District". The Vinyl District. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  3. ^ "Ledbetter, Huddie [Lead Belly] (1888–1949)". Retrieved January 31, 2025.
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