Playlist gets refresh: Folk Alley updated its 'Classic Folk' channel, adding a rotating mix of tracks from across folk history to maintain variety. Spanning generations: The lineup includes icons like ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you’re someone who wants to jam out in a circle with like-minded folk and likes to listen to one of the oldest genres in music history, there’s a festival for you. The 8th annual ...

Unsung heroes: 17 brilliant 70s bands, from psych-folk to operatic prog, that deserve a fresh listen It’s easy to assume the ...

Iris DeMent was one of the most distinctive voices in the 1990s—a lyricist who inspired John Prine to write the liner notes for her 1992 debut album and a vocalist who inspired Merle Haggard to say, ...

Some of the best songs in the history of popular music are truly undefinable, and that is what, in part, makes them so phenomenally iconic. These classic songs that can’t be pigeon-holed into one ...

Emmylou Harris has the kind of voice that can make any song better, but she struggled with the decision of whether or not to record this classic folk song that is now an invariable part of her musical ...

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 returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be. Dom Flemons at the nightclub ...

What makes music “folk,” anyway? Forget Pete Seeger or Tracy Chapman: In its broadest definition, folk music can describe any music tied to a specific people, culture, or movement. However, those in ...

The session, Flowing Traditions: Indian Folk & Classical Music in a Changing World, brought together Mudgal and Lakha Khan to ...

U2 guitarist the Edge said the band is working with Brian Eno on music with an Irish folk element, which could appear on their next album. Following 2017’s Songs of Experience, U2 released Songs of ...