In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating ...

According to this 1960s psychedelic folk singer, the movement was a product of "mass generational angst" brought on by the ...

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed ...

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 ...

The Folk Alliance International (FAI), the foremost global nonprofit for folk music, has unveiled the Artist of the Year, ...

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 music has evolved and changed through the years, but it’s never really gone away. While there are a few stellar folk acts out there in the modern world today, you just can’t beat the classics.

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...

Last January, Evanston Folk Choir co-founder and professional musician Kaitlin Foley excitedly wrote in her journal that 37 ...

Crys Matthews won song of the year for "Sleeves Up." ...

Tucker Zimmerman emerged on the folk music scene in 1969 and developed a cult following in the genre. He continued releasing ...