In music circles at least, the Grateful Dead may have created the original social network.

FORBES: Grateful Dead Begin A Digital Chapter In Their Long, Strange Trip

Cherry was not well-known in wider music circles, according to Chuck Creekmur, CEO of AllHipHop.com.

NPR: Rapper, Cabbie Meet Violent End Together In Vegas

This was a cult of art, literature, and music, a cult that was revered in some circles.

NEWYORKER: The Master

In "Mountains Ash, " the whistling echoes of traditional English folk music are stretched out using layered violins and sparse piano, while the somber melody circles around the 12-minute piece, seemingly in search of its mate.

NPR: A Broken Consort: Landscapes As Music

Dusk falls and he shuts up shop, swings a leg over his battered bicycle and pedals away down the road, as reggae music drifts out from an open doorway, and a troupe of fruit bats traces lazy circles in the twilight.

BBC: The perfect trip: The Seychelles

British folk music had a golden era in the '60s and early '70s, and in certain circles it's experiencing a renaissance.

NPR: British Folk Music, Revived