an iconic group opened the door to mainstream folk success for Dylan and his contemporaries. And at the height of their popularity, they also released an unexpected Christmas album. But instead of ...

Range, energy and appropriation Other songs include delicate folk (All Through the Night ), traditional rounds (A Round About Christmas ), historical carols (Sing We Noel ) and uncharacteristic ...

The biggest Folk albums of the month (defined in partnership with English Folk Expo) by British and Irish artists, based on sales in the UK of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other formats, plus streams.

Sometimes, time-tested folk traditions infiltrate the most widely-acclaimed albums of the year, and other times, they exist more in the margins, mostly to be consumed by devotees and true believers.

If you love Fairport Convention, you might not be totally unfamiliar with this entry on our list of underrated folk rock albums. Fotheringay was formed by Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny ...

Christmas is synonymous with traditions of joy, love, and kindness. As people worldwide celebrate December 25 to honor the ...

There was a tradition in Bavaria and Austria that church organists would compose folk songs for Midnight Mass. So it was that, on Christmas Eve 1818, Joseph Franz Mohr, who was then the pastor of St ...

Barbra Streisand, perhaps one of the most famous Jewish singers ever, singing a number of Christmas songs may not seem like an obvious pairing on paper, but on the stereo, it's a match made in heaven.

These ten albums all evoke wondrously wintery feelings, whether through explicitly spelled out themes, chill vibes, an icy ...

‘Tis the season… of hearing the same handful of bombastically jaunty Christmas songs on repeat each time you enter a public space. Willingly or not, you can probably sing every word to Mariah ...