Folk music, above all else, aims to change the world. With every lyric, chord strum, and recording, the genre is attempting to shift the minds and perspectives of its audience. Folk music wants to ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, the most popular rock and roll subgenre was, without a doubt, folk rock. Popularized by groups and artists such as Bob Dylan, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and CSN, ...

The Folk Element Trio, based in New York City, blends jazz with folk styles from around the world. They're performing in St.

Folk songs from Mexico and Venezuela feature this week on En Casa, along with a spiritual guitar instrumental from Argentina.

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

In the streets of Los Angeles, in June, as the city clashed with ICE, the most visible symbol of the protest was the Mexican flag, the tricolor raised over the haze of tear gas and black smoke. Online ...

Back in September 2023, Bruce Springsteen announced that he would have to shelve his planned tour until March 2024 so he could recover from peptic ulcer disease. The temporary retreat shouldn’t be ...

The New England folk community is creating a Saturday afternoon folk festival in honor of the “Sunday Night Folk Festival.” Over a dozen folk artists who have appreciated radio host Susan Forbes ...

The best songs of 2025 worked admirably toward the daunting task of attempting to describe what it feels like to be alive in the unpredictability matrix of the mid-’20s. Songwriters expressing pangs ...

The "Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Collab Edition 2.0" housemates work diligently to perfect their final folk dance performance ...

Happy Music Monday! It’s your monthly Groove Agent back with another playlist on this Reverend Martin Luther King Holiday. Today we are celebrating the life and music of the legendary Fela Kuti. He ...

Join Kyra Dean as she travels through the worlds of alt.country, Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, and of course, Folk on Folk Weekend. You'll hear classic recordings that defined their genres as well as ...