Tommy Makem who was widely regarded as the modern-day bard of Ireland and the genius of Irish ballad and rebel music died 10 ...

In 1958, The Kingston Trio recorded a song titled “The Merry Minuet.” Although written and sung in a comical way, it highlighted wars, starvation, hatred and natural disasters around the world. It ...

The annual SPIFFS festival highlights the heritage of Tampa Bay’s immigrant communities. Largo High School student Alina Cao, of Clearwater, pauses by the head of a traditional Chinese dragon used in ...

This week let’s have a look at two very different local releases. The first occurred last weekend, a show at the Jam Factory where John Michaelz launched his new album, somewhat circularly named The ...

When Steven Spielberg‘s movie E.T. became one of the blockbuster movie events of 1982, nobody was happier about it than a 66-year-old Dublin policeman named Dick Farrelly. Thanks to some complicated ...

Folk music has come and gone in various evolutions over the decades. Let’s look at a few memorable folk songs with particularly memorable lines that really changed the genre in big ways. Some of these ...

The Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum is back open in Old Town Bay St. Louis, celebrating a “soft” opening Saturday in its new location inside Gallery 220 at 220 Main Street. “It was a lot of work getting ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Draymond Green has won four championships, been named to nine All-Defense teams and earned one Defensive Player of the Year award during his 14-year career with the Warriors. But now ...

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (WLOX) - The Alice Moseley Folk Art Museum has a new temporary location after moving out of the Bay St. Louis Depot in December. The works of the late Alice Moseley, a painter who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 23, 1940, American folk legend Woody Guthrie wrote 'This Land is My Land' in his hotel room in New York City. The song ...

View post: Popular BBQ Chain Downsizing From 120 Locations to 11 This Year Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" in 1940 as a response to "God Bless America." The song contrasts American ideals ...