American Songwriter

3 Folk Songs From the 1970s With Melodies That Still Echo Decades Later

In the 1970s, folk songs were often masquerading as rock music. But just because a track includes a guitar doesn’t mean it’s always rock. In fact, sometimes those songs can boast an air of traditional ...
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3 Folk Songs From the 1970s That Still Shake the Ground We Stand On

The 1970s are arguably the most colorful decade of music in recent history, from Southern rock to disco to funk to R&B to hard rock to country and folk. One of those genres was, of course, the ...
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5 folk rock songs that were way ahead of their time

Folk rock evolved from folk music, but took it even further with songs like "Mr. Tamborine Man" and "Like a Rolling Stone," ...
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1970 folk rock classic 'Woodstock' became a counterculture anthem after festival chaos

Despite missing out on one of the biggest music festivals, Joni Mitchellstill released a popular folk-rock track titled "Woodstock." The 1970 song became an anthem of the 1960s counterculture era, and ...
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In 1970, This Iconic Folk Duo Landed Their Third No. 1 Hit — Just Months Before Splitting Up

Simon & Garfunkel topped the Billboard Hot 100 with three separate singles. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" became Simon & Garfunkel’s final Billboard No. 1 in 1970. The duo split six months after ...

1970 Folk Rock Song, Written in a Vacant Toronto House, Became a Career-Defining No. 1 Hit

Released in December 1970 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, Sit Down Young Stranger, "If You Could Read My Mind ...
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1970 Van Morrison Hit, Envisioned With a Folk Feel, Became a Spiritual Metaphor for Life

There are few songs as recognizable and beloved by one generation after the next as Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic," which appeared on his 1970 album Moondance. One of the singer's most enduring ...