Back in 1957, when Beaver Cleaver faced second grade and Ike faced the Cold War with more golf, Bob Shane, Dave Guard and Nick Reynolds decided to give the folk music thing a try. Good move. Their ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Nashville, Tenn. (February 26, 2024)–Nearly seven decades since they emerged from San Francisco’s North Beach club scene to ...

One of the most influential — and oldest— folk groups in the country will perform in Annapolis next week. The Kingston Trio helped launch the folk music revolution in the 1950s and ’60s. Over the ...

The Kingston Trio helped revive the folk music movement in the late 1950s and 1960s with hits like “Tom Dooley,” which as a 45 rpm earned a gold record and led the band to earn a second gold record ...

Mr. Wilson was born May 2, 1922, in Oakland, grew up in West Oakland and Berkeley and graduated from Berkeley High School in 1940. His first musical performance was in the first grade, but it wasn’t ...

Nashville studio musician George Grove became one of the “old” new members of the Kingston Trio, when he joined the band in October of 1976. He was brought in by original band member Bob Shane, and 37 ...