Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And the nominees were announced as part of the 38th annual International Folk Music Awards slate, which will be presented at the ...

We believe that the traditions and practices embedded in these three folk songs have profoundly changed how we view lyrics.

Folk originates from the German word "volk," which means "the people." And that's what folk is at its core: from the people, documented and shared with individual experience in mind. The late 19th ...

Modern folk music often echoes the past. Looking at the words “modern” and “folk” side by side feels oppositional. We think of technology as being modern, but old instruments are a kind of technology, ...

Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

In the dozen years that the Milk Carton Kids have played their modern folk music in towns and cities around the world, the folk festivals always felt best to singer-guitarists Joey Ryan and Kenneth ...

Indie/folk artist Sasha Dawe has unveiled his new single "Who I Am," out on all music platforms. The first single from his upcoming EP, "Here I Am", is set to drop on March 21. "Who I Am" highlights ...

FRÄNDER plays modern acoustic folk music forged in the deep forests of the northern Europe. With seductive harmonies, heavy grooves and mesmerizing energy the band create a unique musical landscape ...