Folk music is criminally underrepresented in the 21st century, but back in the day these three folks songs graced the charts' ...

Bob Dylan this, Bob Dylan that. There’s been a lot of talk about Bob Dylan lately. With the 2024 release — and phenomenal box ...

In spite of apparent differences, folk and folk-inspired music from the roots to the avant-garde is characterised by certain common features – simple, square rhythms, extended repetition ...

The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

John McCutcheon, a legend in the folk music world, has addressed some of America’s greatest injustices over the last 50 years ...

It is not only an important genre of folk instrumental music of our country, but also widespread in the countries of Eastern and Southern Asia. Its source may be traced to the ancient music of the ...

Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political ... Sounds of the Civil Rights Movement and Peace Songs of the 1960s, reveal the vibrancy of the genre.

The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan's early 1960s transition from ...

For all our complaints about music streaming platforms, you could argue that they deserve a little credit for revealing the flimsiness of our once-rigid borders around music styles. The breakdown of ...

The Ann Arbor community took a journey back in time at The Ark’s 48th annual folk festival kick-off Friday night.