Mark Brown has spent years traveling around Venezuela, talking and playing with some of the country's folk musicians. Brown, ...

Pete Seeger was a major figure in America’s folk revival and influenced generations of musicians—including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Bragg. Seeger’s rendition of “We Shall Overcome” ...

The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

Freedman also incorporates music, photos and documentary clips into her curriculum to capture the full attention of the class and “make the past come alive,” Walia wrote. A singer of folk ...

THE recent amalgamation of the Folk Song Society with the English Folk Dance Society has been marked by the appearance of a new journal with the title Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song ...

“I remember seeing it printed in a book: Ukrainian Folk Songs 1971. Also, there was another attempt to smuggle this song in one of the patriotic World War II films, where the main hero sings the ...