If you're a longtime fan of '70s folk music legend James Taylor and have seen him in concert, then you know it's an ...

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 ...

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 ...

A legendary Australian storyteller leaves behind a remarkable body of work devoted to history, country and song.

Melbourne group Folk Bitch Trio say they love the genre because it “tells the truth”. They’re also not afraid to flip it on ...

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

Hiding somewhere between psychedelic rock and folk music, freak folk is an oft-overlooked genre of the 1960s and 1970s that we believe is worth revisiting. Freak folk was certainly a byproduct of the ...

Memphis' Folk All Y'all is marking the 100th concert in its ongoing "Listening Room Series," with the Make the Yuletide Gay ...

Australian folk and blues musician Kim Churchill is coming back to Salmon Arm for a show at Song Sparrow Hall on Sunday, April 26.

Mississippi has always been at the National Folk Festival. The National Folk Festival has never been in Mississippi. Until now. Downtown Jackson hosts the 82 nd annual National Folk Festival November ...

Folk music legend Ted Egan has died. He was 93. No cause of death was reported. Egan reportedly died on Dec. 4. “It is with sadness, but also great pride that Nerys Evans and the Egan family marks the ...

Bob Dylan this, Bob Dylan that. There's been a lot of talk about Bob Dylan lately. In the below list, we're running down 10 Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this ...