Peter, Paul, and Mary (music group)

PASSINGS: Roland Moritz, David A. Braun, Laurie Gottlieb

2013-02-02 00:00:00

Roland Moritz Longtime L.A. Philharmonic flutist Roland Moritz, 86, who played flute for the Los Angeles Philharmonic for more than 40 years and for a time shared the concert stage with his father, Frederick Moritz, the Philharmonic's longtime...

PASSINGS: Dick Kniss, Kazimierz Smolen, Miguel Nazar Haro, Dimitra Arliss, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro

2012-02-01 00:00:00

Dick Kniss Bass player with Peter, Paul and Mary Dick Kniss, 74, who played stand-up bass with the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary and co-wrote the John Denver hit "Sunshine on My Shoulders," died Wednesday of pulmonary disease at a hospital near his...

Barry Feinstein dies at 80; rock music photographer

2011-10-21 00:00:00

Barry Feinstein, a photographer who gained renown as one of the premier chroniclers of the 1960s and '70s music scene, including shooting iconic album covers for Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and George Harrison, has died. He was 80. Feinstein, a longtime...

Tim DeChristopher: Do crimes of civil disobedience deserve a lesser penalty?

2011-07-26 16:35:24

Debbie Friedman, self-taught Jewish folk singer, dies at 59

2011-01-11 00:00:00

Debbie Friedman, a self-taught Jewish folk singer and composer who transformed synagogue music and worship by infusing traditional prayers with a contemporary sensibility, died Sunday at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. She was 59. The cause was...

'Dancing With the Stars' recap: And they're off

2011-03-22 04:34:27

Theater review: 'Lonesome Traveler' at the Rubicon Theatre

2011-04-26 16:33:15

Britney Spears' '3': Odd lyrics, but a production seduction

2009-09-29 16:34:03

Chicago celebrates reading with Printers Row

2010-06-10 16:34:16

Dave Fisher dies at 69; founding member and lead singer of the 1960s folk group the Highwaymen

2010-05-13 00:00:00

Dave Fisher, founding member and lead singer of the 1960s folk group the Highwaymen, whose recording of the Civil War anti-slavery song "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" became a surprise pop hit in 1962, has died. He was 69. Fisher died Friday at his...

Mary Travers dies at 72; folk singer performed with the trio Peter, Paul and Mary

2009-09-17 00:00:00

Mary Travers, the clarion-voiced female third of the quintessential folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary whose harmony-laden recordings of politically minded songs by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger ushered them to the top of the sales charts in the 1960s, died...

Nick Reynolds, 75, dies; a founding member of the Kingston Trio

2008-10-03 00:00:00

Nick Reynolds, who as a college student grabbed a guitar, donned a broad-striped button-down shirt and quickly helped propel the 1950s folk music revival to the top of the pop music charts as a founding member of the Kingston Trio, died Wednesday in San...

I was attending a book signing for Peter Yarrow of the 60's folk group Peter, Paul and Mary on the Yale campus when I spotted this gentlemen with his personal counter culture flag.

2011-09-07 11:14:29

Peter, Paul and Mary had a hit with their cover of "Blowin' in the Wind." The song also ushered in an era of Dylan's topical, protest songs.

2011-05-22 20:14:58