Obama Dylan

2010-02-25T17:00:43Z

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2006 file photo, Bob Dylan performs at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, R.I. Dylan is a recipient of a 2009 National Medal of Arts. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

Dylan, Eastwood get White House awards

2010-02-25T15:00:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama honors Clint Eastwood, Bob Dylan with arts and humanities awards</div><div><p>The White House is honoring actor and director Clint Eastwood and singer Bob Dylan with arts and humanities awards.</p><p>The White House calls Dylan "an icon of youthful rebellion and poet...

Rubin Carter Gala Dinner

2010-02-20T07:31:07Z

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 20: Rubin Carter looks on during the Justice WA Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Gala Dinner at the Sheraton Hotel on February 20, 2010 in Perth, Australia. Carter was f...

Obama says music fueled civil rights movement

2010-02-22T10:30:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama welcomes crowd to White House to honor music he credits with his election to presidency</div><div><p>Crediting civil rights-era protest songs and their spiritual predecessors for his election, President Barack Obama on Tuesday sat in the East Room of his White House and listened to an all-star lineup...

Bob Dylan On Canvas Exhibition Launches At The Halcyon Gallery

2010-02-10T05:31:08Z

LONDON - FEBRUARY 10: A painting by Bob Dylan entitled 'Vista From Balcony' is shown for the first time at Halcyon Gallery on February 10, 2010 in London, England. The Bob Dylan on Canvas Exhibition debuts the singer-songwriter's first-ever paintings on canvas. Open to the public from Saturday 13th February until 10th April 2010 at Halcyon Gallery at 24 Bruton Street, Mayfair - Lond...

People Arlo Guthrie

2010-01-23T19:31:32Z

FILE - This Aug. 2, 2009 file photo shows Arlo Guthrie performing at George Wein's Newport Folk Festival 50 in Newport, R.I. Guthrie is headlining a sold-out concert this weekend to raise money for the victims of a series of arson fires in ...

Guthrie show benefits Northampton fire victims

2010-02-22T16:02:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Arlo Guthrie among artists scheduled to perform at benefit show for Northampton fire victims</div><div><p>Folk singer Arlo Guthrie has headlined a sold-out concert that raised more than $10,000 for the victims of series of arson fires in western Massachusetts.</p><p>Saturday night's sho...

Chile honors famous folk singer killed in coup

2010-02-23T20:44:47Z

<div id="subtitle">Chile's president among thousands honoring Victor Jara, beloved folk singer and coup victim</div><div><p>Thousands of Chileans including President Michelle Bachelet paid their respects Friday to a folk singer who became a martyr of the country's 1973 military coup and whose remains will be reburied following a searc...

Bess Hawes, prominent musician-folklorist, dies

2010-02-23T22:46:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Bess Hawes, musician-folklorist who performed with Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, dies at 88</div><div><p>Bess Lomax Hawes, who sang with Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, co-wrote the Kingston Trio hit "M.T.A." and spent a lifetime documenting American folklore in...

Fans mourn Argentine folk legend Mercedes Sosa

2010-02-24T22:36:56Z

<div><p>Thousands of people gathered Monday to bid a final farewell to Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, the legendary Latin American folk artist who died Sunday aged 74.</p><p>Some mourners sobbed, while others shouted their thanks, clapped, danced, sang and threw flowers to honor the famed singer, who was known by the nickname "La Negra" for her jet-black hair.</p>&...

Obit Mercedes Sosa

2009-10-04T11:17:16Z

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2007 file photo, Argentina's famed folk singer Mercedes Sosa gives a press conference in Quito, Ecuador. Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the "voice of Latin America" whose music inspired opponents of Danyel Gerard poses at the Davidoff crackerbarrel at the 176th Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, 22 September 2009. The world's biggest folk festival runs until 04 October 2009. Six million visitors are expected. Photo: Ursula Dueren....

176th Oktoberfest

2009-09-22T20:21:33Z

A souvenir shop at the Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany, 21 September 2009. The world's biggest folk festival runs until 04 October 2009. Six million visitors are expected. Photo: Ursula Dueren....

Mary Travers of 1960s folk anthem trio dies at 72

2010-02-25T06:26:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Mary Travers, blond beatnik in 1960s folk anthem trio Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at 72</div><div><p>Mary Travers, one part of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, which used beautiful, tranquil harmonies to convey the angst and turmoil of the Vietnam

Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dead at 72

2010-02-25T06:22:06Z

<div><p>Mary Travers, the female third of the wildly popular folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, whose anthems lent passionate voice to the 1960s protest movement, died after battling leukemia, her publicist said. She was 72.</p><p>"She passed away today at Danbury hospital in Danbury, BOSTON - JULY 27: (FILE PHOTO) Mary Travers, Paul Stookey and Peter Yarrow of sixties folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary perform the Bob Dylan song "Blowing in th...

Mary Travers of "Peter, Paul and Mary" dies, age 72

2010-02-25T06:26:03Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mary Travers, one-third of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who helped popularize the work of Bob Dylan and sang hits such as "Puff (The Magic Dragon)," has died, aged 72, after battlin...

File photo of American folk group "Peter, Paul & Mary" attending a news conference in Hong Kong

2009-09-16T20:41:52Z

American folk group "Peter, Paul & Mary" attends a news conference in Hong Kong in this March 8, 2001 file photograph. Mary Travers (C) has died from leukemia at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut on Wednesday at age 72 according to her publicist. Mary Travers, a member of the <...

Behan being Behan at Pollock Hall - Domino Beham and Nadia Cattolise

2009-08-28T15:50:52Z

Belize-born folk singer Nadia Cattouse on guitar - she appeared in Behan Being Behan at Pollock Hall during Edinburgh Festival 1963....

Nancy Nicholson folk song winner 1979

2009-08-27T18:25:54Z

Allen Wright, Arts editor at The Scotsman givs her prize to Nancy Nicholson, winner of the BBC/Scotsman Folk Festival Song Writing competition in April 1979. Runners-up not identified....

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