The awards will be presented on the first night of Folk Alliance International’s 38th annual conference, set for Jan. 21-25 in New Orleans.

Folk music as a genre has taken many different forms over the centuries. Traditional folk music has been defined as music that comments on cultural or national identity, is played on traditional ...

Jeanie Pilkington (she/her), and Heide Peverelle (they/them) has been singing together for five years, long before their ...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...

Even though most would argue that folk music really had its heyday in the 1960s, the 1970s also brought a seriously compelling slate of folksy tunes. Especially early in the decade, releases from ...

NPR Music's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest just wrapped up its nationwide tour with winner Ruby Ibarra, a rapper from the Bay Area. Meanwhile, our judges also discovered tons of great new musicians through ...

Catching up with London's Goblin Band, vocalist and hurdy-gurdy player Rowan Gatherer tell us the one record we must hear ...

PUTNEY -- The best folk music jams are those where everyone brings a different instrument to form a complete and varied ensemble. First someone has a guitar, and then a friend with a mandolin shows up ...

A night of folk and storytelling is coming to The Artists Hand Gallery and Espresso Bar, inviting the community to listen and ...

We’re in the middle of July, which means that Newport is going to be bumpin’ with live music the next two weekends. The acclaimed Newport Folk Festival returns to Fort Adams State Park from July 22-24 ...

Folk rock definitely had its hey-day in the 1970s. However, we can’t forget the folk rock bands of the 1960s who paved the way for the entire genre. Some of the following four bands lasted well past ...