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 ...

The Gloaming, amid folksy fiddle notes reminiscent of Irish childhood, inserts its own modern take on an age-old art form. The band, consisting of fiddlers Martin Hayes and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, ...

I’m listening to a covers album called Sing Into My Mouth (Black Cricket/ Brown), with two folksy, gentle-voiced, major dudes laying down tasteful versions of songs originally written by Sade, ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. The term “old soul” is brutally overused. But what else do you call a 20-year-old ...

Through the crooked mountains of Raleigh, North Carolina, folk musician Helena Boling’s dad turned back time with a single CD on their way to school every morning. The disc featured eight of “the best ...

Jessica Pratt makes a fiercely interior kind of folk music that works from the belief that one’s heart and mind are as vast as the world beyond them. It’s a way of thinking that’s brought to life on ...

The title shares its name with a pond in southwest London where the band formed. After a seven-year break between albums and a solo offering (Self-Titled) from singer Marcus Mumford, the group teamed ...

Traditional African musical sounds and songs are under threat today. More than 50 years after the end of official colonial rule, the legacy of colonialism continues to sideline many traditional ...

The band will take the stage at BLR Hubba in Bengaluru on January 18, introducing its distinctive sound to a national ...

Contrary to Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch, jazz is no longer an American or, even more specifically, Afro-American art form. Jazz has, in fact, always been about incorporating music from various ...