Some folk musicians serve as journalists, professors, and historians, capturing a moment of the past in song and creating an immortalized product that exists as a didactic piece of music for the world ...

Effie Lillig (left) and Kathryn Myers are performing during the True/False Film Fest taking place Feb. 29 - March 3. They are playing their music during the Sentinel Park Showcase. This story is part ...

Folk originates from the German word "volk," which means "the people." And that's what folk is at its core: from the people, documented and shared with individual experience in mind. The late 19th ...

Have you ever just had your world absolutely reordered because of a piece of music? If you consider yourself a devout music fan, then you surely have, and one genre that seemingly tends to lead to ...

My favorite moment of the documentary Family Jams – which follows Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, and Vetiver on their summer 2004 American tour – comes at an Amoeba Records meet-and-greet. While ...

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 ...

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of ...

Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...