We've entered into the second half of the 2020s, and these three folk albums brought the genre to new heights in the first half.

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 ...

Let's look at three early folk rock staples that helped the genre become a major player in the 1960s and 1970s cultural ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

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 ...

Forefowk, Mind Me, the third album by Scottish artist, Quinie, was recently named the best folk album of 2025 by The Guardian ...

Adam Moezinia’s Folk Element Trio fuses jazz and global folk in a concert at the Redding Performing Arts Center in January.

A three-day celebration of folk, Americana, and acoustic sounds featuring 60 artists, kids programming, and local talent.

Greenwich Village in the 1960s was home to a counterculture folk music scene that produced legendary artists like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Janis Joplin and Joni Mitchell. A network of cafes and bars that ...

Bob Dylan this, Bob Dylan that. There's been a lot of talk about Bob Dylan lately. In the below list, we're running down 10 Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this ...

Mississippi has always been at the National Folk Festival. The National Folk Festival has never been in Mississippi. Until now. Downtown Jackson hosts the 82 nd annual National Folk Festival November ...