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

D erek Piotr is always on the hunt for old songs. These ancient melodies and fragmentary lyrics echo across generations, ...

As we head into the holiday season and welcome the new year, The Folk Show with Kate McNally has a wonderful stretch of ...

If you're looking to alter your perspective on the world, then give these three folk songs from the 1960s a listen.

Folk Alliance International has opened voting for the 2025 International Folk Music Awards, with members now invited to cast ballots.

A singer/songwriter who travels the continent with her banjo and Martin guitar is not a folk musician in this sense; she’s a pop musician with different instrumentation. There’s nothing wrong with ...

When discussing the best classic rock song from every year of the 1960s, classics like "Paint It Black" and "The End" are ...

Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers were a famous American folk music group formed in 1961 in New York City. They gained immense popularity in the 1960s for their beautiful harmonies and ...

Vatican II allowed the presence of “the music of the people” at Mass. Folk music, the music that is indigenous to each of the various nations of the world and to the ethnic cultures found within those ...

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 ...

Pete Seeger, the singer, folk-song collector and songwriter who spearheaded an American folk revival and spent a long career championing folk music as both a vital heritage and a catalyst for social ...

Folk singer-songwriter Todd Snider, whose songs like “ Alright Guy ,” “ I Can’t Complain ” and “ Beer Run ” captivated fans ...