Let's look at three early folk rock staples that helped the genre become a major player in the 1960s and 1970s cultural ...

Folk music has a timeless quality. These are three folk songs from the 2020s that aim to change your perspective on the world ...

Over a dozen local, regional or national folk artists are convening at The Sounding Board on Saturday to honor Susan Forbes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another band on the bill Saturday for the Gainesville Folk Festival is (V)owls, not to be confused with A, E, I, O and U.

Over the course of nearly 75 years, the singer, songwriter and activist Pete Seeger used his pen and his voice to champion many causes: civil rights, farmworker and labor rights, and the environment.

Belarusian musician and activist Siarhei Douhushau was in Chicago in March 2019 on a U.S. tour presenting folk art and music from his Eastern European home. Nadzeya Ilkevich, then a second-year ...

Learn about Lohri’s traditional songs and dances like Bhangra, Gidda and folk music rooted in Punjabi culture.