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 ...

View post: GameStop Issues ‘Warning’ for Wii U, PS3 and Xbox 360 Owners Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" in 1940 as a response to "God Bless America." The song contrasts American ideals ...

More acts keep being added to the Newport Folk Festival lineup. This summer, the show will return to Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island for its 67th year from place July 24-26. Hayley Williams & ...

Long confined to tourist clichés, Swiss yodelling is moving on from being a folkloric curiosity. This ancient Alpine vocal technique, which alternates between "chest voice" and "head voice", was ...

The last time Folk Alliance International hosted its annual conference in New Orleans, in January 2020 just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the event brought out more than 3,000 people, including ...

In the bustling Folk Arts Rare Records shop in City Heights, owner Brendan Boyle is flipping through a cardboard box of records. "There's really important blues ...

Set in the 1960s during the height of the Canadian folk music revival, House of Folk: A Lost Canadian Folk Show takes us to a time when coffeehouses from coast to coast were filled with song and ...

If you’ve noticed the word “folk” slapped onto memes and TikTok videos, usually followed by a long string of crying emojis, you’re not alone. The latest irony trend borrows from Black slang to signal ...

Like the folk music it celebrates, the South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival is a living and breathing entity, constantly evolving and growing with each edition. This year’s 36th annual ...

Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse The 50 best albums of 2025 More on the best culture of 2025 Inspired by Talk ...

One of the best New York Jets players on the roster is pondering retirement. ESPN’s Rich Cimini revealed on Sunday, December 21, that placekicker Nick Folk “will talk it over with his family before ...

Jackson, Mississippi hosted the 82nd National Folk Festival, the first of a three-year residency. The three-day event featured over 300 artists and drew approximately 30,000 attendees to the downtown ...