The Xylouris family name is near-synonymous with Cretan folk music. Xylourides centres on Crete-based brothers Nikos and ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Olov Johansson plays the nyckelharpa, an instrument often described as scratching the same itch as other ...

Olov Johansson plays the nyckelharpa, an instrument often described as scratching the same itch as other ancient bowed ...

Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara steps out and back several centuries, Poncho Sanchez leads the smart party charge, and music ...

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, the Smithsonian is taking its oldest and largest public ...

Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman deliver a banjo-and-fiddle Sycamore Session at the 2025 Nelsonville Music Festival, blending tradition and finesse.

An off-Broadway play with music follows a woman during the Covid-19 pandemic who takes her boyfriend back to her North Carolina roots and reopens an old family wound.

Memphis neo-soul artist Talibah Safiya found her muse shifting, a change inspired by her work hosting a local dance party series called The Hood Rave.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peggy Seeger gave viewers of Ireland's RTE Late Late Show a touching performance they never could have expected. The American folk ...

Brian Turk, a 47-year-old bassist, understands how folk music might seem irrelevant today, especially in comparison to its explosion in the ‘50s and ‘60s. But he’s adamant this unique American art ...

In the bustling Folk Arts Rare Records shop in City Heights, owner Brendan Boyle is flipping through a cardboard box of records. "There's really important blues ...

Like the folk music it celebrates, the South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival is a living and breathing entity, constantly evolving and growing with each edition. This year’s 36th annual ...