How did folk music change in the 1960s?

The changes came in the form of new political material mostly written by Bob Dylan. In the 60's, this new music and earlier folk music became wildly popular. read more

The folk revival of the 1960s is often the starting point of fascination with the style for many contemporary folk fans. One big effect of the '60s folk revival—thanks in no small part to Bob Dylan—was that it marked the beginning of folk singers, on a large scale, writing their own material. read more

Even when the lyrics of songs were not overtly directed towards the description of social conditions and a call to improve them, as was so characteristic of the folk music of the 1960s and 1970s, music was, and always has been, shaped by the conditions of the larger panorama of the socio-cultural moment. read more