The Jackson Theatre is partnering with East Tennessee State University’s Departments of Bluegrass, Old Time & Roots Music and ...

Hootenanny is a simple word that can mean a small object or a fun music gathering. It became popular in the 1930s with folk musicians like Pete Seeger and later in the 1960s TV show “Hootenanny.” ...

The son of prominent actors and activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee — who befriended Pete Seeger during the Civil Rights era — ...

Clergy demonstrating against ICE in Minneapolis have turned to classic ‘freedom songs’ – the music associated with protests ...

The Princeton Folk Music Society presents Anne Hills, one of contemporary folk music's premier vocalists, on Friday, February ...

From doo-wop bands in his early teens to soul music, rock ‘n’ roll and folk, guitarist Sparky Rucker has deep roots in plenty of genres. His music and interests have ...

In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating ...

American singer-songwriters are taking up the protest torch like their forebears Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Joan Baez.

Brian Turk, a 47-year-old bassist, understands how folk music might seem irrelevant today, especially in comparison to its explosion in the ‘50s and ‘60s. But he’s adamant this unique American art ...

In the bustling Folk Arts Rare Records shop in City Heights, owner Brendan Boyle is flipping through a cardboard box of records. "There's really important blues ...

In the streets of Los Angeles, in June, as the city clashed with ICE, the most visible symbol of the protest was the Mexican flag, the tricolor raised over the haze of tear gas and black smoke. Online ...