Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

https://www.yardbarker.com/entertainment/articles/the_essential_70s_folk_playlist_020224/s1__38659058

Are there any you would add?

I would add “The Minstrel From Gault” by Richie Havens

flycaster Loc: Lake Bluff, IL

There are so darn many that could be added. But I'm a "child of the 60's" so folk music is in my blood.

Chuck

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

Thanks for looking Chuck.

John7199 Loc: Eastern Mass.

I agree with Chuck, I could ad a ton, more James Taylor, and Peter, Paul and Mary!

Nodpete Loc: Naperville, IL

That's a great list but like flycaster I'm a child of the 50's and 60's so my list is VERY long.

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

Great songs, but not folk music. Folk music is usually defined as type of traditional and generally rural music that originally was passed down through families and other small social groups. Typically, folk music, like folk literature, lives in oral tradition; it is learned through hearing rather than reading.

All of these songs were composed. Some, but not all, are in the folk music style, but they are not folk music as such.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

“At Seventeen” was exceptional - poignant poetry married to a beautifully crafted tune.

mindzye Loc: WV

This reads like it was written by a kid trying to sound knowledgeable without the history of songs genres. These are not folk songs. Great songs in their own right though.

Tdearing Loc: Rockport, TX

It's a good start.

Blaster34 Loc: Florida Treasure Coast

I agree, some great songs there but growing up in the 50's/60's to me was the era of true folk music; PPM, Kingston Trio, The Seekers, The Weavers, heck, even Burl Ivers...

mindzye Loc: WV

Agreed. Thanks for the reminders. And the journey of the times.

And with them you have Pete Seegers. Woody Guthrie, etc. His son, Arlo Guthrie, who had the very memorable folk/ pop song City of New Orleans. And the Limelighters, music of John Sebastian. The list is long.

And then there were the early crossovers, bridging the gap of folk and early pop, with a unique sound and timeless music: The Association, the Lettermen, The Mills Brothers ( absolutely great music and talent - along with others that spawned R&B - maybe more correctly Was early r&b's), etc. And then came the Greenwich Village sound.
Listen again, closely, to your listing of the Kingston Trio. See if you can hear the different sounds(?) within their melodies and messaging.

The sound, replicated (actually was the forerunner) of the folk scene (running concurrently) was the early fantastic blues movement of the South. True, simple, and gritty, and with soul. Most often soulful.
A completely different, yet within the same, genre -folksy.

It has been said that the blues movement was derived from the early Celtic settlers and their folk music of the Eastern Mts. of the Cascades down to Appalachia. True original folk music. Look up the movie the Song Catcher.
It has been recognized that the blues movement evolution(s) was the forerunner of what we know now as Jazz.
I'm thinking it was a blend of blues folk and basic folk blended together. And then modernized. Think of the Manhattan Transfer group.

Thanks again.