Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse ...

Legendary folk artist Leonard Cohen's first album dropped on this day in 1967, and it remains an essential part of the North ...

The 2025 GRAMMY nominations are here and we're going to help you to untangle it all right up until the big event, continuing ...

The timelessness of great folk music makes it something that never goes out of style, and something that we just can’t seem to ever get enough of. Sometimes, time-tested folk traditions infiltrate the ...

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 ...

Unlike the most famous 1960s folk singers, these three didn't come from the epicenter of it all—Greenwich Village in New York ...

RACINE — The Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin will present “Simply Folk,” a concert organizers call “an evening of enjoying the greatest folk songs ever written, performed by some of the ...

John Gorka belongs on the list of greatest musicians who currently call Minnesota home. In addition to writing beloved ballads like “Love Is Our Cross to Bear” and “Blue Chalk,” the 66-year-old ...

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...

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 ...

The last year has seen some outstanding albums from both veteran performers and relatively new ones as well as some exciting projects outlining particular themes.Russian-born Daria Kulesh released her ...