Folk

Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins is a tribute compilation album to American folk singer Judy Collins, released on October 14, 2008 in the United States by the record label, Wildflower. A portion of the proceeds earned from album sales went to...

Born to Be is singer Melanie's debut album, released in 1968. She signed with Buddah Records and first found chart success in Europe in 1969 with "Bobo's Party" which reached Number 1 in France. Her debut album received positive reviews from Billboard...

Born of the British ballad, it's American offspring was the blank canvas for all type of tale, the more calamitous or scandalous, the better. Jesse James and Billy the Kid, train wrecks and hurricanes, the Titanic and Tom Dooley, fatal lovers' quarrels...

Born in Syracuse, New York, Gwil grew up in the small town of Granville, Ohio. The Rolling Stones became his first powerful musical influence when "Honky Tonk Women" hit the airwaves in 1969. He started playing guitar in the early '70s and was soon...

Born in September 1897, son of a railroad maintenance boss, Jimmie Rodgers was interested in little but music. He disliked school and struggled to hold down a regular job. By 1920, a failed marriage behind him, Jimmie married Carrie Williamson, in spite...

Born in Pistoia, Tuscany in 1976, Giuditta discovered the enchanted music and tradition of her land. Considered one of the most significant folk singers in Italy, she performs world-wide. After self-produced Canti toscani, her collaborations with...

Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky in 1892, John Jacob Niles was one of the most prolific private collectors of Anglo-American folk songs. His work predates Cecil Sharp's by nearly a decade, and this record-a reissue of Niles' 78rpm discs-celebrates his...

Born in Dublin, Alison made her first single, 'Feeling High' for SNP's Simon Napier Bell and David Hemmings at the age of 15 with the cult folk-rock band, Mellow Candle. The band appeared in concert with the likes of Genesis, Thin Lizzy, Donovan, The...

Born in Brooklyn in 1936, Dave Van Ronk was Bob Dylan's "first New York guru," writes Dylan's biographer Robert Shelton. "Dave Van Ronk was the musical mayor of MacDougal Street," Shelton continues, "and... a walking museum of the blues." This album...

Born in 1928, Walt Robertson traveled many roads with his guitar on his back. The singer writes, "Folk music is... about the best medicine the world has got to ease it's aches and pains." This compilation of ballads features songs of the Pacific...

Born in 1928 in Chicago, Illinois, Margaret MacArthur spent her childhood moving around the western United States. Her first contact with folk music came in 1933, when her father began work at an Arizona timber company with displaced cowboys and folk...

Born and raised in the Northern fishing village of H?sav?k, Axel recorded his first EP Forest Fires, it was here where the songs were written under the influence of everything from Bon Iver to Bombay Bicycle Club. It yielded an international phenomenon...