Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy.

The Evanston Folk Festival Tuesday announced the lineup of performers for its return to Dawes Park on the lakefront this ...

Calgary Folk Music Festival is returning for another year of festivities in its home at Prince's Island Park. Running from July 24 to 27, the lineup includes over 68 artists from Alberta ...

Romanian band Balkan Taksim have spent years exploring the folk music of rural villages and updating it for the electronic generation. Now they’re dismayed to see right-wing politicians seeking ...

The New Jersey Folk Festival, scheduled for Saturday ... Subscribe to app.com for the latest on the New Jersey music scene. Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features ...

Not far from Lorenzo’s grave sits the grave of Peter Henry "Pete" Hill — one of the more intriguing characters featured in the folk music of the southern West Virginia coalfields. Pete ...

A wildlife probe is underway after a Sparrowhawk was fatally shot in Inverness. The grim discovery was made by a member of the public in the Cradlehall area of the city on March 6. A report was ...

Board president of the N.L. Folk Arts Society ... "People are here to support us, listen to this great music and have a party and say, 'yeah, you're gonna be around.'" Justin Fong, co-owner ...

The sparrowhawk was found dead in the Cradlehall area of Inverness on 6 March and a post-mortem examination by a vet has since uncovered a shotgun pellet in its chest. RSPB Scotland said the bird ...

The Rubaiyat—the first folk music club in Texas—did, indeed, give birth to the Texas songwriter movement. Or it was at least the obstetric facility in which the birth took place. Ron Shipman ...

Pomegranates Festival kicks off this week with a stunning programme of dance and performance. Elsewhere, Christian Noelle ...

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