Prominent American playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris, known for his Tony-nominated “Slave Play,” has been arrested in ...

James “Bau” Graves was the executive director of Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music for more than 11 years, steering the venerable institution in the North Side’s Lincoln Square neighborhood ...

Generation Z has already made its mark on investing—consider crypto, FOMO, meme stocks and gamified investing. But, in a less flashy way, it is grandparents who are truly shaking things up. America’s ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

On Friday, Oct. 17, Ella Langley released a new song called “Choosin’ Texas,” a track about Texans loyalty to their state. In the song, Langley tells a story about how she couldn’t keep her man, a ...

The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands (21st-century Okinawa Prefecture, Japan), according to a new study by a ...

Robert Gordon's transporting film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting performances of timeless power. The movie presents a far richer, more wide-ranging and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – You have to hand it to the folks coordinating music for fans at Progressive Field: They maintain an impressive catalog cutting across multiple genres. Interestingly, six of the most ...

Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel” is one of the most recognizable country songs of the 21st century. It earned him a Grammy, topped the country charts and helped solidify his solo career after Hootie & ...

Regardless of technological advancements or changing music trends, folk music never seems to go out of style. This may have to do with roots music forming the DNA from which most music styles evolve.

Originally planned to be the second concert at this year's Proms reuniting Sir Simon Rattle with the London Symphony Orchestra, this morning's intriguing programme of Folk Songs and Dances is now ...

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...