Fifty-eight years ago today, one of the most influential folk singers in American history died after a long illness.

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 ...

A Telangana teacher has captured hearts online with her energetic folk dance with school students. The video, which features the popular Telugu folk song “Kanchrode Padamati Nalladidhana,” has gone ...

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Hsu Hsih (許石) never forgot the international student gathering he attended in Japan, where participants were asked to sing a folk song from their homeland. When it came to the Taiwanese students, they ...

Ratboys shared their last album, the Chris Walla–produced The Window, in 2023. Now, they’re back with a new song and a new label home. Also co-produced with Walla, “Light Night Mountains All That” is ...

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A look at the evolution of the Italian protest anthem, from its opaque origins to TikTok remixes and feminist marches. It wasn't penned as a romantic farewell, but "Bella Ciao" — meaning "goodbye ...

The word “folk” in the term “folk music” used to connote a rural homogeneous community that carried on a tradition of anonymously created music. No one person composed a piece; it evolved through ...

Kerala Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi spent nearly two and a half hours at the home of Padma Shri awardee Cheruvayal Raman during her visit to her Wayanad constituency. She walked through the farmer's ...

Passed down through generations in the Gokayama region, Kokiriko is a performance that prays for bountiful harvests and honours the cycle of life. A group of London YouTubers visit Somaliland to shine ...

“What I love about concerts I’m privileged to give is that I get in collaboration with my audience to create and hold a space that becomes a bit of a magical bubble,” says Joe Jencks, who will open ...