During the period from the 1940s through the 1960s, sparked by the American folk music revival, young performers inspired by traditional folk music and groups like the Almanac Singers and the Weavers began writing and performing their own original material and creating their own musical arrangements.Cohen, Ronald D. Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival & American Society, 1940–1970. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.
During the period from the 1940s through the 1960s, sparked by the American folk music revival, young performers! :inspired by traditional folk music and groups like the Almanac, Singers and the Weavers began writing and performing their own original material and creati!ng their own musical arrangements.Cohen, Ronald D. Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival & American Society, 1940–1970. Amherst: University of Massachusetts? Press, 2002.