Discover the 2026 Folk Alliance International Artist of the Year nominees, celebrating standout voices in folk and Americana ...

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 ...

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 ...

PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present an evening of contemporary folk music with Antje Duvekot and Goodnight Moonshine (Molly Venter and Eben Pariser) on Saturday, Dec. 14, at ...

NEW ORLEANS - The Folk Alliance International 38th Annual Conference (FAI2026) will take place Jan. 21- 25 at the Sheraton ...

Taunton Brewhouse Folk Series 2026: six live folk music concerts at the Studio Theatre, featuring Tarren, The Ciderhouse ...

What is “folk” music? The Newport Folk Festival just celebrated its 65th year, where respectful nods to the origins of the form mixed with more modern interpretations. Joan Baez buzzed between poetry ...

Modern folk music often echoes the past. Looking at the words “modern” and “folk” side by side feels oppositional. We think of technology as being modern, but old instruments are a kind of technology, ...

Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

Roger Coupal, a professor of agricultural and applied economics, has been appointed as the University of Wyoming’s faculty conciliator, effective Jan. 20.