Biography
Formed in the late 1950s, the Kingston Trio were one of the key groups in America's first folk revival. Playing traditional folk songs with an ear for the pop charts, the Trio broke through to the mainstream in part by avoiding the more overt political aspects of folk music embraced by artists that came before them such as the Almanac Singers and the Weavers. Despite their clean-cut image, the Kingston Trio still had a profound influence on the G...Read more