Even a 20-year-old Brooklynite like Nora Brown has come to love this genre, having performed it for nearly her entire life which she has parlayed into a recording career. With 131,000 monthly ...

Meredith Moon’s third album, From Here To The Sea, marks a subtle but confident evolution for the Canadian-born songwriter ...

SLRA copy 39088020219747 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift of John Hasse. Jean Ritchie is the best known and most respected singer of traditional ballads in the United States. It ...

Submitted photo Pictured, from left, Bill Schilling, Linda Sigismondi, and Kathy & Rich Small. Dulci-More: Folk & Traditional Musicians will host a free concert featuring Bill Schilling, Linda ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. “But more than that,” Leah says, “they tell a story together, and that ...

Each a virtuoso in their own right, longtime friends and Wu Fei and Abigail Washburn team up for a tradition-blending debut album of folk music. Chinese Folk Music Meets Appalachian Tradition On 'Wu ...

He’ll quickly tell you his favorite song is “Shady Grove,” a traditional Appalachian folk song that has held a special place in his heart since his fingers learned to navigate the guitar strings as a ...

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A Morningside College instructor, known for her classical vocal background, will present a lecture/recital that focuses on her Appalachian roots. In addition to singing and talking about the mountain ...

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 ...

Sam Amidon is a singer-songwriter on the fiddle, banjo, and guitar, but he’s mostly known for recasting traditional American folk songs into vibrant contemporary soundscapes. He spoke to NewsHour ...