The sun will be gone by the time you finish reading this. These seasonally-appropriate folk albums will still be there.

Three folk lyrics that have etched themselves into the memories of many music lovers, thanks to their incredibly timeless sentiments.

With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...

Library of Congress archivist Joe Hickerson has died at 89. For decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music and served as director of the library's American Folklife Center. Joe ...

In the Mountain Strings, Celtic and American Ensembles, BYU students explore various types of music from around the world, from Ireland and Scotland to Russia and Macedonia. Mark Geslison has been ...

Some combinations sound strange but work really well together. Take pickles and ice cream, french fries and milkshakes, bacon and donuts. The collaboration began when Tian was the artist-in-residence ...

Violinist Zoe Aqua and the string band the Ebony Hillbillies will share a stage on Thursday at Gowanus club Littlefield. (New York Jewish Week) – Two folk music traditions that developed on opposite ...

TORONTO — Ariel Wyner dedicated his band’s rendition of “Do You Hear Jerusalem Moan?” to slain American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Then he started strumming the mandolin. The band sang ...

When Bryce Dessner got a call asking to score the music for “Manhunt,” Apple TV+’s thrilling limited series about the search for John Wilkes Booth after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, it was an easy ...

He's been called "the conscience of America" and "the father of American folk music," but these days, at age 83, Pete Seeger just likes to think of himself as a song leader. "I mainly get enjoyment in ...