Two bands from Louisiana are playing in the Roaring Fork Valley this weekend. BeauSoleil, perhaps the world’s most famous ...

Folk singer-songwriter Willi Carlisle is this year's guest artist at the 51st annual Alaska Folk Festival in April.

Kiki Cavazos has lived the kind of life that most troubadours only sing about. Born in Montana, the songwriter spent summers traveling the northwest with ...

From Lynyrd Skynyrd's Southern rock anthem to Chuck Berry's pioneering rock and roll, join us as we explore the definitive ...

Fast forward to Season 25, when Louisiana's Karen Waldrup placed fifth and Zoe Levert reached the top 12. Last season, Acadiana's Dustin Dale Gaspard brought something new to "The Voice," wowing the ...

From the rhythmic clatter of spoon jamming to singing the traditional Mardi Gras song — and even sharing crawfish étouffée — ...

Music may or may not have the power to soothe the savage breast, but it cracks open a path to forgiveness and reconciliation in “The Porch on Windy Hill,” an affecting “new play with old music,” as it ...

Last week, Pittsboro singer-songwriter Joseph Terrell uploaded a new song to social media. Titled “Genuine American Hero,” the folk protest song is written in the style of John Prine or Phil Ochs and ...

Folk songs are often emotional, poignant, and explorative tunes that deal with difficult subjects. The following three legendary folk songs definitely fit that bill, but the deeper meaning behind them ...

In the bustling Folk Arts Rare Records shop in City Heights, owner Brendan Boyle is flipping through a cardboard box of records. "There's really important blues ...

“Through all the sorrow of the Sorrow Songs there breathes a hope—a faith in the ultimate justice of things. ” — W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Hope lives in sound. It lives in memory. And in ...

The holiday season is right around the bend, and rather than spend the next few weeks stressing over Thanksgiving turkey prep, why not hand off that responsibility? Namely, to Popeyes, which is ...