When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Phoebe Bridgers Folk and indie are genres that are incredibly difficult to define, but ...

The awards will be presented on the first night of Folk Alliance International's 38th annual conference, set for Jan. 21-25 ...

Folk music as a genre has taken many different forms over the centuries. Traditional folk music has been defined as music that comments on cultural or national identity, is played on traditional ...

The sun will be gone by the time you finish reading this. These seasonally-appropriate folk albums will still be there.

NPR Music's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest just wrapped up its nationwide tour with winner Ruby Ibarra, a rapper from the Bay Area. Meanwhile, our judges also discovered tons of great new musicians through ...

Even though most would argue that folk music really had its heyday in the 1960s, the 1970s also brought a seriously compelling slate of folksy tunes. Especially early in the decade, releases from ...

PUTNEY -- The best folk music jams are those where everyone brings a different instrument to form a complete and varied ensemble. First someone has a guitar, and then a friend with a mandolin shows up ...

A night of folk and storytelling is coming to The Artists Hand Gallery and Espresso Bar, inviting the community to listen and ...

We’re in the middle of July, which means that Newport is going to be bumpin’ with live music the next two weekends. The acclaimed Newport Folk Festival returns to Fort Adams State Park from July 22-24 ...

Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi's collaborative project They’re Calling Me Home, was named Best Folk Album at the 2022 Grammy Awards today (April 3). Three out of the four country categories ...