Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse ...

Let's look at three early folk rock staples that helped the genre become a major player in the 1960s and 1970s cultural ...

Legendary folk artist Leonard Cohen's first album dropped on this day in 1967, and it remains an essential part of the North ...

The timelessness of great folk music makes it something that never goes out of style, and something that we just can’t seem to ever get enough of. Sometimes, time-tested folk traditions infiltrate the ...

The 2025 GRAMMY nominations are here and we're going to help you to untangle it all right up until the big event, continuing ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

Just five days after receiving 2026 Grammy nominations for their latest albums, Alison Krauss & Union Station and I'm With Her are nominated for album of the year at the 2026 International Folk Music ...

John Gorka belongs on the list of greatest musicians who currently call Minnesota home. In addition to writing beloved ballads like “Love Is Our Cross to Bear” and “Blue Chalk,” the 66-year-old ...

RACINE — The Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin will present “Simply Folk,” a concert organizers call “an evening of enjoying the greatest folk songs ever written, performed by some of the ...

With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...

The last year has seen some outstanding albums from both veteran performers and relatively new ones as well as some exciting projects outlining particular themes.Russian-born Daria Kulesh released her ...