Because of their lyrical content, many folk songs double as life lessons. Revisit three history-making folk hits that teach ...

Nearly sixty years after Neil Young released Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, a debate remains amongst fans and music ...

Thirty-six years ago today, one of the most influential folk musicians in the United Kingdom died at the age of 74.

The sun will be gone by the time you finish reading this. These seasonally-appropriate folk albums will still be there.

A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: The Grammy-winning folk duo of Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have made a career singing about hard times. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HASHTAG") GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVE RAWLINGS: (Singing ...

The singer-songwriter, who has performed both solo and with his Joel Rafael Band for more than five decades, was convinced to ...

My favorite moment of the documentary Family Jams – which follows Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, and Vetiver on their summer 2004 American tour – comes at an Amoeba Records meet-and-greet. While ...

It is not absolutely essential to have hair hanging to the waist—but it helps. Other aids: no lipstick, flat shoes, a guitar. So equipped, almost any enterprising girl can begin a career as a folk ...

Fisher started playing in the early sixties and soon occupied the burgeoning folk scene within Edinburgh. His initial solo ...

Family Folk Machine presents Dreaming Iowa at the Englert Theatre, the first in a two-part concert series exploring Iowa's past and our dreams for its future. We hope you can join us for old songs, ...

Maddy Elliott releases a poignant folk song 'Calonnau’n Dal i Glymu', marking 60 years since the Tryweryn Valley was flooded, an event symbolising Welsh cultural and linguistic struggles.

Viljandi must be a quiet place in usual times, situated down in the south of Estonia, and emanating a small town vibration. Usually its annual four-day folk festival magnetises a massive gathering, ...