Friday night, well-known mezzo-soprano Drea Pressley will play her new Celtic harp in her latest recital. At 7 p.m. in the final offering of the Unitarian Universalist Recital Series of 2024, Pressley ...

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

With Peter, Paul and Mary, the musician, who died on Tuesday at 86, eased folk songs into the Top 10. By Jon Pareles Near the end of “A Complete Unknown,” the Bob Dylan biopic that centers on his move ...

From pale folk to eternal reverie, the best songs by Mazzy Star all have a bewitching quality that transcends generations.

Musician Nicole Singer, the organizer of Youth Traditional Song Weekend, which took place online this month due to the pandemic, is trying to bring young people and non-traditional audiences into folk ...

Many people unfamiliar with John Mellencamp seemingly view him as Bruce Springsteen 2.0. While there is some truth to that perspective, he was and is his own man, and his music carries its own weight, ...

The year 1925 was significant in American history: Calvin Coolidge became president, the Harlem Renaissance was in full swing, the Scopes Trial began, the Chrysler Corporation was founded, and New ...

The Pogues were a punk band that just happened to employ traditional Irish instruments like accordion, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, tin whistle and uilleann pipes in their songs. They were also an expert ...

Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...