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 ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

A longtime music festival is ready to give up the folk for the 50th year. The Eagle Creek Folk Festival will ring in half a century Sept. 13 at Eagle Creek Park. The Indiana Folk Music Society will ...

These three female folk artists changed the genre in very important ways, and their stories couldn't be more different than one another.

Joe Hickerson, a beloved archivist at the Library of Congress, died last week in Portland, Oregon. He was 89. For more than three decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music. NPR ...

Scott Jeffers is the front man for the band Traveler. He’s been performing his eclectic style of music around the Valley for ...

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

A self-taught musician, Elizabeth Cotten changed American folk music. The twice-nominated folk musician, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten won her first Grammy at 90 years old. Fiercely proud of her North ...

Holiday Folk Fair International. See the world with a visit to the 82nd annual festival that celebrates the cultural heritage of the people living in southeastern Wisconsin. The f ...

Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s chamber opera “Proving Up” is set on the Nebraska frontier, but it takes aim at the hollow ...

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