Folk music is a genre committed to holding up a mirror to ourselves. Artists from other genres speak to humanity, yes, but they don’t do so as bare and unabashed as folkies. Below are three massively ...

The New England folk community is creating a Saturday afternoon folk festival in honor of the “Sunday Night Folk Festival.” Over a dozen folk artists who have appreciated radio host Susan Forbes ...

The quick-turn around protest song from the veteran British folk troubadour pays tribute to the people of Minneapolis amid the Trump administration's deadly immigration actions. By Gil Kaufman Just ...

When Luke Kelly died in 1984, the folk world lost a gravel-voiced storyteller whose work with The Dubliners helped define a generation of Irish song. His powerful recordings, from rousing anthems to ...

A viral video features Rajasthani musicians performing Shakira's football anthem Waka Waka using traditional instruments and local greetings, capturing the attention of social media users.

A fan of folk songs from the Zhuang ethnic group livestreams her performance in a park in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Aug 25. [Photo/Xinhua] NANNING — For thousands of years, folk ...