Folk music, above all else, aims to change the world. With every lyric, chord strum, and recording, the genre is attempting to shift the minds and perspectives of its audience. Folk music wants to ...

Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse The 50 best albums of 2025 More on the best culture of 2025 Inspired by Talk ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Onstage, Zak and Lena Kendall sing in steady harmony about the flood that left their hometown under 8 feet of water. It’s the sixth track on their new album, “All the Light in Autumn ...

In the villages of Nagaland, where Christmas cakes were once baked in repurposed ammunition boxes left behind by British troops (they conduct heat well, and therefore served as a substitute for the ...

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 ...

Lesirwo secondary from Kericho performs during the Rift Valley Regional Kenya Music Festival at Nakuru High School in Nakuru County on July 11, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Rich culture, ...

Folk songs are incredibly multifaceted. Folks write folk songs to capture the climate of the given time, to dissect the given emotion of any moment, and ultimately, to articulate a nuance that can’t ...

Bob Dylan this, Bob Dylan that. There's been a lot of talk about Bob Dylan lately. In the below list, we're running down 10 Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this ...

Over the course of nearly 75 years, the singer, songwriter and activist Pete Seeger used his pen and his voice to champion many causes: civil rights, farmworker and labor rights, and the environment.