Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Charlotte Folk Society hosted its second annual Folk Music Festival on Saturday afternoon. Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you’re someone who wants to jam out in a circle with like-minded folk and likes to listen to one of the oldest genres in music history, there’s a festival for you. The 8th annual ...

BRATTLEBORO - Ever wondered what the difference was between Irish and French Canadian traditional string music, or Appalachian, Scottish, old-timey, or even Swedish? Then it's time you checked out the ...

The Lake Erie Folk Fest will be returning to Euclid with the aim of celebrating traditional music. Taking place from 1 to 6 p.m. Feb. 11, this will be the seventh annual Lake Erie Folk Fest hosted by ...

For Sam Amidon, folk music is a malleable art form, despite the genre’s outwardly rigid traditions. On his new album, Lily-O, the Brattleboro native deconstructs traditional folk music, stripping ...

The ethereal sounds of traditional Eastern European folk songs aren't typically heard in New Orleans. With multiple, simultaneous voices threading equally through the song, the traditional style known ...

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 ...

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed ...

This image is from the official website for Bonny Light Horseman. On a cold February Monday in Ann Arbor, complete with mostly unwalkable and snowy sidewalks, I wasn’t expecting a line to the end of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The seeds of the Ukrainian band Yа́gody were planted long before their official formation bore fruit. The group’s origins stretch back to 2010, when actor Mykola Huseynov proposed ...

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Folk Society hosted its second annual Folk Music Festival on Saturday afternoon. Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church and its surrounding streets were filled with the sounds of ...