Some folk lyrics from back in the day were good, others were inspiring, and some were absolutely iconic in their influence.

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Many classic folk songs and spiritual songs were born on plantations, used as a way for slaves to discreetly communicate with one another.

At the heart of Mitaboni in Machakos County, curious villagers often look forward to attending funerals presided over by Teresia Nthenya, a youthful preacher who has become an online sensation by ...

Following poor local harvests this season, amacimbi traders say they have been forced to source mopane worms from ...

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The Madikwe Cultural Festival is back for its fifth edition, and promises to be bigger and better than ever. With the theme 'Go Fepa Mogopolo le Mmele' (Feed Your Mind and Body), the festival aims to ...

Robert Costa is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and chief Washington analyst for CBS News. The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music – songs of the Great ...

The last time Folk Alliance International hosted its annual conference in New Orleans, in January 2020 just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the event brought out more than 3,000 people, including ...

Nineteen years ago, Keith Murphy and his wife had just started to work with the Brattleboro Music Center, developing the traditional music program, when the idea of a festival came up. “We started ...

It was quite the hootenanny — P.S. 56 students in Bedford -Stuyvesant sang a West African folk song called “Funga Alafia,” while jumping and dancing and spinning inside the school auditorium. They ...