but he’s mostly known for recasting traditional American folk songs into vibrant contemporary soundscapes. He spoke to NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Tom Casciato about his Vermont ...

2. “Going Down To Mississippi” by Phil Ochs Phil Ochs knew his way around political protest songs in the 1960s, the most well-known being the 1965 folk song “Going Down To Mississippi”.

Hiding somewhere between psychedelic rock and folk music, freak folk is an oft-overlooked genre of the 1960s and 1970s that we believe is worth revisiting. Freak folk was certainly a byproduct of ...

The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

Band members are determined to preserve the knowledge of traditional Sudanese folk music and dance to keep it from being lost ...

The social media frenzy is helping traditional ethnic folk songs fly out of the remote mountains to attract fans in China and beyond. "We used to arrange a folk song party via QQ and WeChat (both ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since its inception more than two decades ago, the experimental rock band Xiu Xiu has danced between ...

Time to travel back in time to medieval era with knights, horse carriages and folk music as the Renaissance Fair returns to ...

We went down to UK folk punk upstarts Nasty Fishmonger's all-day festival the Commoners Fair and found much more than we ...

celebrating the best of traditional and contemporary folk music. Headlining this year's festival at the Cork Opera House will be the legendary Paul Brady, renowned for his involvement in major ...