Held annually in early April, the festival has grown into what organizers describe as the largest free folk music festival in ...

Bould O’Donoghue is an old Irish song about a young Irish lad unparalleled in the arts of seduction. After breaking the ...

Purists may lament the electric guitars in folk-rock, but these 1977 classics echo the poetry of acoustic roots music.

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

This brother-and-brother duo may have been from the Bronx, but their involvement in the Greenwich Village folk music movement led to this incredible folk album. Double-Back was released in 1971 and ...

The Vancouver Folk Music Festival has unveiled its 2026 line-up, with a mix of iconic veteran acts (the UK’s Billy Bragg), ...

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 ...

Peterborough Folk Music presents Tom Pirozzoli and Willy Porter in concert on April 11 at Bass Hall. Tickets available online and at the door.

Vatican II allowed the presence of “the music of the people” at Mass. Folk music, the music that is indigenous to each of the various nations of the world and to the ethnic cultures found within those ...

Tarntanya/Adelaide five-piece Any Young Mechanic have detailed their debut LP, The Modern Shoe Is Ruining The Foot, and shared new single "Pretty Strange World".

The Mission Folk Music returns to Fraser River Heritage Park from July 24 to 26 for its 39th annual fest, bringing more than 20 acts across four daytime stages and evening mainstage sets. The lineup ...