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. By The ...

The Kingston Trio — consisting of original members Nick Reynolds, Bob Shane and Dave Guard — pretty much kickstarted the once maligned American folk genre with their first international hit, “Tom ...

Bob Shane, a folk pioneer who made his mark as a co-founder of the legendary Kingston Trio, has died. According to multiple media reports, the resident of Phoenix, Ariz., died on Sunday (Jan. 26) at ...

Bob Shane, one third of the enormously popular folk institution known as the Kingston Trio, has died. The New York Times reports that Shane died on Sunday while in hospice care in Phoenix. Shane, the ...

Lyssa Cohn spent three weeks in the hospital, listening to Bob Shane sing. “I live with chronic emphysema,” explains the 32-year-old, who was hospitalized twice last year for oxygen therapy and with ...

There was no pop star who loomed larger than Elvis Presley during the ’50s, but the King wasn’t the only music sensation that blew up during the Eisenhower era. The Kingston Trio, a clean-cut troika ...

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 ...

Bob Shane, the last surviving original member of the Kingston Trio, has died. The member of the popular folk group was also the lead singer on its million-selling ballad "Tom Dooley," among other hits ...