We’re getting on in our look back at seminal songs from the 1970s (a tongue twister if ever there was one). We’ve been going ...

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 ...

But the violinist is known for… Folk legend Joan Baez reflects on a life in music and activism After six decades performing, folk legend Joan Baez is saying farewell to music with a tour this ...

Bob Dylan put out some great cover songs through the years, and we think these four examples are some of his best.

Folk music is traditional music that belongs to a particular culture or group of people. Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created by ordinary people within a ...

Festival organizers brought in local bookstore Bookends and Beginnings to provide a selection of books to accompany the folk-themed talks in the nearby WBEZ conversation tent. In one of these talks, ...

A movie adaption of her story is well-known in China. The park is also the birthplace of Liuzhou folk song, which has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Guangxi, home to a large ...

Eliza Carthy (middle) and her parents performing together in 1989 A well-known folk music dynasty has appealed for financial help from fans after their income "dried up" due to the Covid crisis.

The Jodhpur RIFF, one of the biggest international roots music festivals in the world, assembled an array of women musicians ...

For the upcoming Kajol and Kriti Sanon film, Pakistani actor Adnan Siddiqui has accused the creators of "Do Patti" of "tearing apart" a great song by Reshma. He claims that the melody of the renowned ...