Folk music identified with struggles for peace and freedom will be performed by singer-songwriter Merlin Snider & Pretty Good Acquaintances at 8 p.m. at Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3327 Old Conejo Road.

The Linden Tree Coffeehouse will welcome to Wakefield internationally known folk musicians John Roberts and Debra Cowan on Saturday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m.

THE first acts for this summer?s Folk by the Oak music festival in Hatfield have been confirmed.

Music Review: The Unthanks - Diversions Vol 1: The Songs Of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 09:02 a.m., Friday, February 3, 2012 Unlike folk music here in North America with its topical/political associations, in ...

Judy Collins was 14 and studying classical piano when she happened to turn on the radio and hear a song that changed her life. It was the folk song "Barbara Allen," sung by Jo Stafford. Before long, young Collins put classical music aside and decided to learn the guitar and play folk music.