LOS ANGELES — Singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow, one-third of the iconic folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died. He was 86. Yarrow, with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers, captured the attention ...

her voice is almost uncompromisingly "girlish", illuminating her naive field recordings that end up sounding like Joanna Newsom recording twee Appalachian anti-folk songs for the Juno soundtrack.

"We Shall Overcome" is particularly well-known as a civil rights anthem. Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States' ...