Across seven decades, Bob Dylan has been the first singer of American song. As a writer and performer, he has rewritten the national songbook in a way that comes from his own vision and yet can feel as if it belongs to anyone who might listen. In Folk Music, Greil Marcus tells Dylan's story through seven of his most transformative songs. Marcus's point of departure is Dylan's ability to "see myself in others." Like Dylan's songs, this book is a work...

"Folk matriarch and mother to Grammy-winning musician Ben Harper, singer and songwriter Ellen Harper crafts a vivid image of the early beginnings of folk music in California, coming of age in Los Angeles during the 60's and the historic Folk Music Center"--

Recorded entirely on acoustic instruments, and performed by Simon, this album showcases Simon's craft at its finest and most captivating, simply with his voice and guitar. Intended to be listened to as one continuous piece, the 33-minute, seven-movement composition transcends the concept of the "album". A stunning, intricately layered work, it's a record which establishes an engaging and meditative, hymnal soundscape, with Simon's lyrics providing...

In 2007, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss released Raising Sand, one of the most acclaimed albums of the 21st century. It was an unlikely, mesmerizing pairing of one of rock's greatest frontmen with one of country's music's finest and most honored artists, produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett. Now, after 14 years, they return with a dozen songs from a range of traditions and styles that extend this remarkable collaboration in new and thrilling directions....

City of Gold follows Molly Tuttle's acclaimed 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. This captures the electric energy of band's live shows by highlighting each members' musical strengths.

Between 1965 and 1966 Bob Dylan recorded three albums that many believe changed the course of modern music: Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Volume 12 takes you inside the studio during the recording of those three albums.