In the 1960s, folk music transformed itself from a quaint acoustic rural sound into a form of melodic resistance. Today, we are seeing the return of this powerful art form.

Folk Alliance International brought the global folk community to New Orleans for a weekend filled with music and powerful conversations.

Offsetting Charli xcx, Chaney’s take on 19th-century ballad Dark Eyed Sailor accompanies Margot Robbie on the moors – but it’s just a tiny part of her culture-crossing, history-vaulting musical catalo ...

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed with a guitar, a harmonica, and a deep suspicion of authority. His songs ...

One of the more enduring genres of music, one currently enjoying a modest increase in popularity, is folk music. The traditional genre often touches upon the quotidian topics of everyday life and ...

The evening will feature a Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame House Band assembled by Music Director Scott Sharrard (Gregg Allman Band) and featuring Tony Leone (Little Feat), Mike Merritt (The Max ...

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

Everybody knows (and some old heads remember) the psychedelic folk music movement of the 1960s. It was an astounding, sudden, and incredible change in music. The age of classic rock and roll had ...

Last Sunday was big for Arkansas singer-songwriter Jesse Welles. Not only was he nominated in four categories at the 68th ...

To Walker, folk is “storytelling of communal and/or cultural struggle.” Or cultural experience. He looked back at Black ...

Having begun in the 1940's and then surging in popularity in the 1960's, American folk-music again is enjoying a revival of sorts. Maybe it's because of the recent wars in the world and people yearn ...