The Kingston Trio had a major impact on pop culture, setting off a folk music boom, the repercussions of which are still being felt today. Credited with kick-starting America's love for acoustic ...

Nick Reynolds, a founding member of the Kingston Trio who jump-started the revival folk scene of the late 1950s and paved the way for artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, has died. He was 75.

The Kingston Trio released their self-titled debut album on Capitol in 1958, and they also scored a Billboard #1 hit with their recording of the Appalachian murder ballad " Tom Dooley." The group's ...

Nick Reynolds, who has died aged 75, was a founder member of one of the most significant folk bands to come out of the United States. The Kingston Trio helped to turn untold numbers of people on to ...

During the purge of Communists led by Senator Joe McCarthy in the early 1950s, folk music was seen as subversive and anti-American and the leading group, the Weavers, was blacklisted. As a result, the ...

Director Chip Miller was listening to a local bar band in a 500-year-old pub in Ireland. Curious, he turned to a young man and asked, "Who are your favorite American musicians?" Without blinking, the ...

The Kingston Trio will perform April 23 at 7 p.m. at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts in Eureka. In celebration of nearly 65 years of music, the legendary folk group will perform its ...

The Kingston Trio, which played a large part in bringing American folk music into the mainstream, is coming to Odell Williamson Auditorium. The trio will play a concert at the Brunswick County venue ...

SAN DIEGO -- Nick Reynolds, a founding member of the Kingston Trio who jump-started the revival folk scene of the late 1950s and paved the way for artists such as Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, has died. He ...

Reynolds had been hospitalized with acute respiratory disease and other illnesses, and died Wednesday in San Diego after his family took him off life support, said son Joshua Reynolds. "Dad was so ...