Instead, elites in academic circles, social movements, and government agencies have largely associated folk music with cultural “others” that represent an idealized past. The term has also been used ...

Revisiting the setlist from Newport Folk Festival 1965, the show where folk hero Bob Dylan officially 'went electric', ...

To this day, it is one of Simon & Garfunkel and the world of folk music’s biggest hits. Unlike the last two artists, Gordon Lightfoot’s No. 1 track is a bit more surprising and obscure.

The genres had already experienced an evolution in the mid-‘60s. Though country had giants like Willie Nelson and Waylon ...

An oral tradition, folk music was a way for the illiterate masses to pass down stories of war, hardship and the struggle to survive everyday life from generation to generation. Every culture has ...

In spite of apparent differences, folk and folk-inspired music from the roots to the avant-garde is characterised by certain common features – simple, square rhythms, extended repetition ...

The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

Flemons plays a battery of instruments from the folk and country genres. He is also a folk archivist and music historian who enjoys collaborating with other musicians. His 2023 album, "Traveling ...

John McCutcheon, a legend in the folk music world, has addressed some of America’s greatest injustices over the last 50 years ...

For all our complaints about music streaming platforms, you could argue that they deserve a little credit for revealing the flimsiness of our once-rigid borders around music styles. The breakdown of ...

An oral tradition, folk music was a way for the illiterate masses to pass down stories of war, hardship and the struggle to survive everyday life from generation to generation. Every culture has ...