GENESEO — New York State’s first commercial winery was founded in York before the Civil War. The two topics are intertwined as area soldiers enlisted, fought and returned.

Kent Courtney will help mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with his first appearance at the Kutztown Folk Festival. The Kutztown Folk Festival marks the 150th anniversary of the American ...

WINDHAM — The Civil War Music Heritage Gathering and Encampment in Windham came to a close Sunday with a group of musicians performing Civil War-era music on the lawn of the Centre Church on Route 23.

Looking for something to do in Manitowoc this week? Try Civil War Remembered and these other can't-miss events.

LOS ANGELES — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Odetta, the deep-voiced folk singer whose ballads and songs became for many a sound track to the American civil rights movement, has died at age 77, her manager said on ...

Award-winning folk singer Chris Vallillo will perform two shows this weekend, each with different historical focuses. At 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 3, Vallillo will perform "Songs of 'Egypt's' Soldiers ...

NELSON COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — This year’s Batteaux & Banjos concert will feature performances of pre-Civil War music at James River State Park on June 15. The Batteaux & Banjos music concert will take ...

In selecting people for his Civil War exhibit, Gene Wright zeroed in on the big names such as Abraham Lincoln and Gen. Robert E. Lee, but he also ferreted out lesser-known characters or groups with ...