Credit: C Brandon/Redferns/Getty Images Wizz Jones, the English folk icon best known for the ... I used to teach him guitar in the toilets at Art College! Complete fabrication,” he clarified.

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

BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winner Sam Kelly is bringing his acclaimed style to Nottingham next month. The musician, singer, ...

Mabel Segun, author of children’s books and Nigeria’s first female table tennis champion, died on 6 March 2025 aged 95.

MN Shortlist is your weekly curated roundup of recommended events from MPR News, including a poetic evening with Jim Moore, a ...

Who will perform in the National Folk Festival? On Wednesday, April 30, the festival announced the first eight artists performing in 2025. Artists are chosen by the Festival Progr ...

The lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni took a turn when singer Taylor Swift recently got entangled in the dispute.

The director of the world-class Kurdish folkloric dance group Anadolu Atesi (Fire of Anatolia) hopes to open an arts academy ...

FARMINGTON—Old South Church will welcome northern Manchester England’s folk singer and activist Johnny Campbell to Farmington ...

With its opening set for Friday, the 16th edition of Samaa International Festival for Spiritual Music and Chanting will feature 30 troupes this year ...

Tammy Wampler specialises in creating goddess-centred art. Since 2009, she's been weaving myth, nature and history in her ...

Ceramic artist and former Kentucky Folk Art Center Artistic Director Adrian Swain (Class of 1998, 2006) and Instructor of Ceramics Quinn Maher are showcasing their work in a new exhibit, “Revealed in ...