Musician Nicole Singer, the organizer of Youth Traditional Song Weekend, which took place online this month due to the pandemic, is trying to bring young people and non-traditional audiences into folk ...

Celebrate March 17 with this collection of traditional, folk and contemporary Irish songs including “Molly Malone” and “Danny ...

These folk ballads were turned into rock classics with the 1960s rolled around, and they definitely deserved the breath of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you’re someone who wants to jam out in a circle with like-minded folk and likes to listen to one of the oldest genres in music history, there’s a festival for you. The 8th annual ...

Some folk lyrics from back in the day were good, others were inspiring, and some were absolutely iconic in their influence.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 17—Recording folk artist Jeff Warner tells history through traditional music played on banjo, concertina, and "pocket ...

Folk lovers, we are bringing you 10 easiest folk songs to play on acoustic guitar so you don’t think we forgot about you. Folk songs date from 19th century and had many definitions through the years.

Sam Amidon mines the ‘intensity & strangeness’ of tradition to make music uniquely his own Sam Amidon is a singer-songwriter on the fiddle, banjo, and guitar, but he’s mostly known for recasting ...

In Finland, music is deeply ingrained in society. It's a natural part of daily culture, and the vocal tradition is especially strong. We welcome to the NPR studios one of the great male choirs from ...

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Folk Society hosted its second annual Folk Music Festival on Saturday afternoon. Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church and its surrounding streets were filled with the sounds of ...

Sam Amidon — a singer and multi-instrumentalist from Vermont, now based in London — grew up playing a New England folk style of fiddle.