Mayo Street Arts will present an evening of traditional Irish song and dance with Fódhla at Mayo Street Arts at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 7.

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 ...

The purpose of folk music has always been rooted in the tradition of social, political, and emotional exploration. While many genres of music aim to detach listeners from reality, folk music does the ...

Well before the advent of the drum machine or even the piano, there was folk music. These rich musical traditions have been inspiring composers of art music for centuries. Let's whet our musical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 23, 1940, American folk legend Woody Guthrie wrote 'This Land is My Land' in his hotel room in New York City. The song ...

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 ...

There’s a camp in the woods of Massachusetts where traditional styles of folk music and dance from around the world are kept alive. It’s the oldest continuously operated folk dance camp in the United ...

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.

B-Side presented their second, hopefully annual, “Femmes in Folk” music festival April 26, fundraising for Bay Area Girls ...

Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has expressed deep sorrow over the passing of renowned Hausa traditional musician, Alhaji Surajo Mai-Asharalle, who died on Thursday, April 30, 2026, ...