"This book is partially meant to be a visual companion to Ronald D. Cohen, Rainbow Quest: The Folk Music Revival and American Society, 1940-1970 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002) and ...

In the '80s, folk rock took a backseat to a more modern sound, but these three folk-rock-influenced supergroups blended ...

Songs can live anywhere, but only a few make it to recording, and some live on as hit folk rock tunes, no matter that we ...

The 42nd Annual Folk Music Festival is coming back to Sharlot Hall Museum next Saturday, October 3! After a seven-year hiatus ...

With roots stretching back centuries and into Appalachia, numerous artists such as Johnny Cash have given their own spin to this haunting folk gospel song.

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 ...

Long before the Revolutionary War, numerous traditions of Indigenous music flourished in places later incorporated into the United States. European music was heard in the New World from the earliest ...

Beyond local talents playing the fest, other highlights over the weekend include a video featurette containing archivist Joe Lauro’s footage of John Prine, Steve Goodman, Sam Cooke, Howlin’ Wolf, ...

Just don’t call it folk music or refer to his appearance as a farewell tour. “This is my 68th annual farewell tour,” Rush ...

These 1970s folk songs all have lyrics that double as life mantras. You can carry these tracks around with you wherever you ...

Anyone who has spent time listening to folk music knows that it is less about the notes and words and more about the community it fosters between the performers and audience. Few exemplify that more ...