Folk music as a genre has taken many different forms over the centuries. Traditional folk music has been defined as music that comments on cultural or national identity, is played on traditional ...

Catching up with London's Goblin Band, vocalist and hurdy-gurdy player Rowan Gatherer tell us the one record we must hear ...

Even though most would argue that folk music really had its heyday in the 1960s, the 1970s also brought a seriously compelling slate of folksy tunes. Especially early in the decade, releases from ...

If you're looking to alter your perspective on the world, then give these three folk songs from the 1960s a listen.

If pop music wasn't the dominant genre on the Hot 100, then we think these three folks song would have reached the No. 1 spot ...

It is not absolutely essential to have hair hanging to the waist—but it helps. Other aids: no lipstick, flat shoes, a guitar. So equipped, almost any enterprising girl can begin a career as a folk ...

A song is a vessel that houses dreams and desires that are both dead and everlastingly alive, and in All You Need Is Death it’s also a curse about the most dangerous of all emotions: love. A tale of ...

This year, the 50th-anniversary incarnation of the Newport Folk Festival mirrors founder George Wein's vision. Festival producer Jay Sweet included more traditional folk artists such as Pete Seeger ...

Viljandi must be a quiet place in usual times, situated down in the south of Estonia, and emanating a small town vibration. Usually its annual four-day folk festival magnetises a massive gathering, ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- For nearly three decades, members of a Santa Ana-based Mexican folk music group, Son Del Centro, have been advocates for social justice. Their music is rooted in the Gulf ...

Nominations for the International Folk Music Awards are now open. This year all Folk Alliance Members are eligible to submit nominations for the Album, Song and Artist of the Year categories. Folk ...

Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music ...