




Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber seem almost as if they must have been born wielding fiddle, banjo, and guitar, endowed from birth with the pinched, nasally voices of loveable redneck…

The British folk scene received a pleasant jolt in the late ‘60s with the arrival of Fairport Convention, known primarily for the spellbinding voice of Sandy Denny, whose tenure in…

The sweet, expressive voice of Roy Orbison is unmistakable. His albums and singles form one of the major artistic works of the first half of the 1960s. He sang sensitive,…

Donovan, with his trippy-hippie image seems a figure destined for the mockery he would later receive from punk rockers and other cynics. He’s an easy target. Even in his folkie…

The Beau Brummels were a San Francisco band who provided an early stateside response to the British Invasion sound. With their first two albums, they skillfully incorporated the UK beat…



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