He is a hybrid himself, the offspring of a German father and an Ecuadorian mother. He grew up in a German-speaking community in Virginia, exposed to multiple languages and styles of folk music.

Cue the musicians of the Beethoven Concert Band, the venue's all-volunteer ensemble that meets for monthly performances of authentic German folk music, 1940s-era jazz and patriotic standards.

An acclaimed six-string bass guitarist, Hillmann's distinct style is rooted both in German folk music and iconoclastic American jazz artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock. That international ...

Walter Deutsch, a celebrated music scholar and prolific broadcaster, has passed away at the age of 101. ORF's Radio Niederösterreich first reported the news of Deutsch’s passing. Though not ...

The Fort Wayne Maennerchor/Damenchor — German for men’s choir and women’s choir — aims to preserve German culture through the country’s historic folk music.

Roger Whittaker performs a medley of his German language songs during the dress rehearsal of a German folk music TV show in Chemnitz, Germany, on Jan. 12, 2007.

Who needs a sweaty, drunk German in socks and sandals playing a tuba when you can just hook up the Hohner ‘Alp Inside’ which includes “perfectly arranged 128 sounds for folk music and ...