Major Zulu brings her fusion of jazz, soul, and R&B to Chatswood this October, joined by special guest Cormac Grant. The ...

Popular folk singer Maithili Thakur has hinted at entering politics ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, expressing a desire to contest from her hometown Benipatti. The 25-year-old artist, who ...

Back in 2020, folk musician Jake Blount launched into national awareness with the release of his debut album, “Spider Tales.” The project was, by some measures, a conventional interpretation of ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Sept. 26-Oct 2. Assigning firm definitions to genres of music in 2025 is like ...

Musicians from China Conservatory of Music perform traditional Chinese pieces during a Chinese folk music concert at the Colon Theater in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo) ...

The unsung Manganiyar and Langa musical heroes are all set to dazzle at the Mick Jagger-backed Jodhpur RIFF roots music festival from October 2 to 6 this year. Backed by a gritty oral narrative passed ...

It was at a leftist summer camp in the Catskills that Joe Hickerson came up with the final two verses to Pete Seeger’s popular song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.” The new verses turned the song ...

Folk musician and St. John's University graduate John McCutcheon is returning to central Minnesota for a concert. He began his folk music career while studying at St. John's University. The artist ...

Flannels and an attitude—Those are the two surface-level similarities between grunge rock and the folk music movement. However, what they don’t have in common, at least extensively, is their sound, ...

A longtime music festival is ready to give up the folk for the 50th year. The Eagle Creek Folk Festival will ring in half a century Sept. 13 at Eagle Creek Park. The Indiana Folk Music Society will ...

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 ...

BERKS CO., Pa. - Folk music echoed through the Reading Liederkranz on Sunday. "This is the Mountain Folk Fest that we have," said David Kline. Kline helped organize the event. "I have a passion for it ...