In the mid-1960s, with protests over the Vietnam War and racial discord roiling, The Lovin’ Spoonful song “Summer in the City” became an anthem of a society in turmoil. When the hippie and drug ...

With their striped shirts, shaggy hair, granny glasses and string of hits, The Lovin' Spoonful were akin to an American Beatles. But where The Beatles drew on American rock 'n' roll of the 1950s, the ...

If you heard a collective gasp a few months back, it was probably just music fans reacting to the announcement that this year's Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductees include The Lovin' Spoonful. While ...

John Sebastian and Val Yanofsky, who became the artistic twin poles of The Lovin’ Spoonful, earned their musical stripes within the folk scene in Greenwich Village in New York City. The time was the ...