Laika Songs is the Brooklyn-based project of songwriter Evan Brock, whose arrangements blur folk, Americana, and shimmering ...

JoAnn, of “Folk Music and Beyond,” interview’s Kitka’s Shira Cion about their newest album, “Kolo”—their first recording in ...

Rock band Jiulian Zhenren at the 2019 Orange Isle Music Fest in Changsha, Hunan province. [Photo provided to China Daily] The audiences who do not speak Hakka dialect may not understand the lyrics ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

Folk songs have a particular place in the world. Unlike many other genres, folk songs are meant to be meditated on. Listeners are meant to chew on the lyrics to gain some understanding of the world ...

With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...

Originally planned to be the second concert at this year's Proms reuniting Sir Simon Rattle with the London Symphony Orchestra, this morning's intriguing programme of Folk Songs and Dances is now ...

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...

The Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara returns this autumn and winter with a lineup of shows featuring sea-chantey singalongs, a visit from an international Scottish fiddle master, more Irish songs and ...

Songs of Black Folk co-director Haley Watson found herself drawn to the stories of Pacific Northwest natives Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton and his nephew, Ramón Bryant Braxton for many reasons. But one ...