From playing original songs with her loved ones on her pontoon boat at Smith Mountain Lake to covering traditional folk hits ...

Luke Combs, Public Enemy, Big Freedia, Jack Antonoff, and more performed at Newport Folk Festival 2025. Read our recap of the ...

The late 19th century sparked a movement to preserve musical traditions, which was eventually solidified as the folk genre in the following century. Elizabeth Cotten helped to define folk music over a ...

'90s Country Folk Legend, 67, Is Nearly Unrecognizable in Rare Festival Performance: 'She's Still Great' originally appeared ...

As music genres fade in and out of popularity, the most successful and interesting artists and albums will influence the tastes and styles of future music. So, when it comes to folk music in the ...

It is the stage used by Operation Encore, a nonprofit organization that helps veterans find opportunities to develop and ...

The ever-underrated Linda Perhacs didn’t release her first record until 1970, but she was hard at work in the late 1960s writing music. We still think she deserves a spot on our list of folk ...

The Folk Collective at Passim is committed to honoring and expanding the narrative of folk music by centering the stories, sounds, and perspectives of artists whose voices have long been part of ...