Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States' engagement in Vietnam. Smithsonian Folkways Recordings playlists, Sounds ...

"American" music includes much more than the western classical music that has traditionally dominated music study in the United States. The AMRC is working ... Cramer and Grace Cramer Small, pioneers, ...

In the days before guitars were around, folk music was sung a cappella by default. Then sometimes it was sung a cappella by design. Then, as technology brought us guitars, mandolins, pianos ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

There are a great many other recordings of Israeli folk music; I mention two which do not include songs well-known to certain of us (such as "Hava Negila," which is now making a hit as a rock 'n ...

Twenty-year-old Stella Prince thinks the time is absolutely right to bring folk music to her generation. And she is ready to ...

Plus, California songwriter Petracovich shares a monologue and new music inspired by her grief of losing a child. — The Great American Folk Show is written, recorded, and hosted by folksinger ...

Welsh musician Gareth Bonello was recently seen mesmerising the audience through his playful tunes at The Hornbill Festival ...

It’s also a tale that has been repeated with alarming regularity for the space. “There’s been 10 break-ins since 2021,” says ...

U2 guitarist the Edge said the band is working with Brian Eno on music with an Irish folk element ... the drums [and] doing some recording with us. And so we’ll be doing a bit more of that ...

But the violinist is known for… Folk legend Joan Baez reflects on a life in music and activism After six decades performing, folk legend Joan Baez is saying farewell to music with a tour this ...