These four folk rock songs never fail to leave me with goosebumps on my arms, no matter how many times I listen.

Folk songs are meant to be passed on. Though folk is more or less considered a sub-genre under country these days, it started its life as a way to relay stories, customs, and oral histories. It was a ...

The duo received a lifetime achievement award, while Matthews was named artist of the year. By Paul Grein Thirty-five years after Indigo Girls won a Grammy for best contemporary folk recording for ...

What is a folk festival to do after becoming a global news story? That was the central question for this year’s Newport Folk Festival, which over the past half-decade has drawn increased attention ...

Pauric Mohan is the founder of Irish folk-rock group, All Folk’d Up. The band, which started off as a passion project between Pauric and classmates in college, quickly grew to become the five piece ...

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...

Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...