Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music that cuts through the noise.

Aretha Franklin won countless awards in her lifetime. In 1987, she became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. She later received a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy and the Kennedy Center Honors, among many others.

For fans of the actor, the moment felt like a throwback to Back to the Future, when Fox’s Marty McFly time-traveled to the ‘50s to perform “Johnny B. Goode.” Though he played a different song at the gala, decades later, Fox proved he can still rock out with the same energy.

James “Bau” Graves was the executive director of Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music for more than 11 years, steering the venerable institution in the North Side Lincoln Square neighborhood

You might know the name of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald tragedy from the annals of history, the hit song from 1976, or, most recently, on the hit show, "Severance." Neda Ulaby, a reporter for NPR's arts desk,

These three female folk artists changed the genre in very important ways, and their stories couldn't be more different than one another.

For its 49th version, the Ann Arbor Folk Festival is mixing things up. Instead of its typical two nights of rising and established folk and roots acts at the Hill Auditorium, the festival will present a full concert from a headlining artist on Friday,

The group is open to all ages, genders, voices and ability levels. Shanty singing doesn't require people to read music, just a willingness to show up and sing parts in unison.

Dave Bushaw, a community organizer and folk musician, joins a crowded field of candidates competing for northeast Iowa's 2nd Congressional District.

Why Patriots got rid of kicker Nick Folk, ended up with Andres Borregales originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The New England Patriots were looking across at an old friend on Thursday Night Football.