In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

A voluntary organisation, Mayer Tori, is working to preserve Bangladesh’s traditional musical heritage by teaching folk songs ...

The Far-West Music Conference is jamming its way into Portland. The annual event celebrates folk, roots, and acoustic music. This year, it’s shaping out to be a fun-packed ...

“I’m on some new shit,” Taylor Swift sings in the opening lines of Folklore, announcing with a smile and a wink that the many Taylor Swifts of her previous seven albums — even the not-quite-year-old ...

Sometimes a good folk rock story needs more time to tell, and icons such as Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen took as long as they wanted with these epic songs.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ian Dehmel sees the future of folk music every time someone walks through his door and gazes up at the wall of acoustic instruments that includes shiny new ...

Amazon Music has scored an exclusive 3D audio edition of Taylor Swift’s Folklore. The commercially successful album’s 3D audio iteration became available to Amazon Music HD subscribers today – though ...

On Thursday, Taylor Swift announced the surprise release of her eighth studio album, “folklore.” The following is a discussion between Daily writers Lydia Chen, Michael Espinosa and Bridget Stuebner ...

Taylor Swift’s surprise album release last week is setting records on streaming services. As reported by Deadline, Swift’s new album Folklore set a record for the most streams in 24 hours for a pop ...

When it comes to politics, folk musicians and their fans tend to be left of center. That’s true in many places beyond the United States, including Sweden. Yet, as ethnographer David Kaminsky wrote in ...