The New England folk community is creating a Saturday afternoon folk festival in honor of the “Sunday Night Folk Festival.” ...

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

We've entered into the second half of the 2020s, and these three folk albums brought the genre to new heights in the first half.

Robert Gordon's transporting film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting performances of timeless power. The movie presents a far richer, more wide-ranging and ...

Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...

In 1937, Odetta Felious Holmes moved from Birmingham, Alabama, to Los Angeles. Only six, she was already bigger than the other kids when she arrived in East Hollywood with her mother, Flora, and her ...

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...

Mississippi has always been at the National Folk Festival. The National Folk Festival has never been in Mississippi. Until now. Downtown Jackson hosts the 82 nd annual National Folk Festival November ...

The short story is a form that remains tethered to its forebears despite modern advancements in literature. There’s a certain element to the short story that makes it more accessible than the novel, ...

Bob Dylan this, Bob Dylan that. There's been a lot of talk about Bob Dylan lately. In the below list, we're running down 10 Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this ...