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 ...

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

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 ...

1923, 1945, 1962, and even 2045; what we are trying to say is that no matter the year, folk music will always come out. And given its sentimental and intellectual grip on the masses and the music ...

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Roy Harris is a dry, sandy Oklahoman who may or may not be the greatest U. S. composer. His cheering section insists that he is. Of all U. S. composers, Roy Harris is the one who does the most ...