Raleigh Wide Open is a new event, but the vibes will feel familiar to anyone who has attended a World of Bluegrass music ...

While The Beatles embraced Dylan’s influence, Dylan himself saw the arrival of The Beatles as a sign that the folk-era was ...

Building on his 2024 short story collection of the same name, screenwriter Ben Shattuck crafts a beautiful parallel between ...

Robert Gordon hopes his documentary "Newport & The Great Folk Dream" will remind artists today about the power of song.

On October 3, 1967, the world lost a pioneering folk icon just as his music was reaching a new audience, thanks to the 1960s folk revival.

The first official show for Trouble’s Braids (the band’s name is a nod to a 1980s Waits tune) was in March 2024 at the Trident Café. Since then, the duo has kept busy gigging around the Front Range as ...

These three folks songs tell harrowing and captivating tales that easily could be turned into successful true crime documentaries.

To the casual listener, old-time and bluegrass might be hard to tell apart. Both genres of music predominantly feature ...

It’s a bright weekday morning in Los Angeles as the singer-songwriters of Folk Bitch Trio roll up to the Laurel Canyon ...

Vatican II allowed the presence of “the music of the people” at Mass. Folk music, the music that is indigenous to each of the various nations of the world and to the ethnic cultures found within those ...

Folk music in Finland has evolved from postwar silence to a vibrant, internationally respected art form. As Womex (Worldwide ...