If an eye toward trends prevents a full immersion into folk tradition, how popular can folk music truly become?

For more than six decades, the University of Chicago Folk Festival has brought together an array of musicians and performers from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds—all united through a love for ...

Everybody knows (and some old heads remember) the psychedelic folk music movement of the 1960s. It was an astounding, sudden, and incredible change in music. The age of classic rock and roll had ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

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 ...

Burn – A Folk Musical by Mason Emmert and Patrick Deane Greeley will get a concert presentation at The Cutting Room on Monday, October 23, 2023. Leading the audience through an entertaining evening of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ian Dehmel sees the future of folk music every time someone walks through his door and gazes up at the wall of acoustic instruments that includes shiny new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Indiana Folk Music Society's Big Band performs at the Eagle Creek Folk Festival in 1996. A longtime music festival is ready to ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — New York Folklore is putting on its final event in a free, three-part showcase of the Capital Region’s folk music traditions. The show will feature The Kleiner Klezmer ...

The Kutztown Folk Music Society has announced its 2023 concert season, and it looks like there’ll be something for everyone who enjoys genuine, traditional and original folk music. Presenting a wide ...