In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

Vatican II allowed the presence of “the music of the people” at Mass. Folk music, the music that is indigenous to each of the various nations of the world and to the ethnic cultures found within those ...

A three-day celebration of folk, Americana, and acoustic sounds featuring 60 artists, kids programming, and local talent.

Iris DeMent was one of the most distinctive voices in the 1990s—a lyricist who inspired John Prine to write the liner notes for her 1992 debut album and a vocalist who inspired Merle Haggard to say, ...

Goalpariya folk music has expanded beyond its origins, a positive yet concerning development. Punam Barua, a relative of the ...

Growing up, Leela and Ellie Grace huddled by the radio each week to experience their father in a different dimension. For about a dozen years, Paul Fotsch hosted the show "Woody's Children" on ...

For more than six decades, the University of Chicago Folk Festival has brought together an array of musicians and performers from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds—all united through a love for ...

In 1937, Odetta Felious Holmes moved from Birmingham, Alabama, to Los Angeles. Only six, she was already bigger than the other kids when she arrived in East Hollywood with her mother, Flora, and her ...

While Greenwich Village provided the kind of bohemian culture and vibe that served as the perfect atmosphere for protest ...