While folk music might not be the most popular genre in the world, millions of loyal listeners love to hear the tunes of Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Jewel, and other famous folk artists. This is especially ...

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 ...

Compilations like this one often include the likes of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, among others. That’s perfectly fair, considering how much work those big names released in the folk music’s heyday and ...

Folk music legend Peggy Seeger will be paying tribute to her late husband Ewan MacColl on the Late Late Show’s trad special.

Fame, fortune, and folk music aren’t a trio that go hand in hand very often. Even if a folk musician is wildly talented and lyrically prophetic, the obscure and niche nature of the genre makes it hard ...

Another band on the bill Saturday for the Gainesville Folk Festival is (V)owls, not to be confused with A, E, I, O and U.

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Folk Society hosted its second annual Folk Music Festival on Saturday afternoon. Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church and its surrounding streets were filled with the sounds of ...

The free, annual Tucson Folk Festival is back for its 41st year, and to help support this long-running event, its hosts, the ...

The New England folk community is creating a Saturday afternoon folk festival in honor of the “Sunday Night Folk Festival.” ...