Since 2017, the Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara (FOSB), the only one of its kind in the U.S., has been taking listeners on musical voyages around the ...

Argentinian bandoneon player/composer Dino Saluzzi is well represented in the ECM catalog. Many of his recordings are improvisational meetings between his playing and writing and jazz players, going ...

Ever stumbled across a sound that made you stop in your tracks? Maybe it was something ancient and unfamiliar, yet strangely captivating. While guitars and pianos dominate stages worldwide, there’s a ...

Ram Prasad Kadel, the founder and curator of the museum, has been collecting the musical instruments since 1995 together with his wife Nanda Sharma. His passion has taken him to all 77 districts of ...

Kids and teens will have the chance to learn to play traditional Cajun and Zydeco music instruments and sing in French during the Louisiana Folk Roots Kids Camps this summer. The Kids Camps will be in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Maker unknown. undetermined city, USA ...

The term “trad music,” short for traditional music, usually describes a type of folk music, though it can apply to other ...

Balancing the morin khuur base between his knees, Las Vegas-based instrumentalist Hong Wang uses his right hand to slide a bow smoothly across the instrument. The fingers on Wang’s left hand glide ...

The folk boom came and went. But the Claremont Folk Music Center is still humming, not to mention strumming. It’s been 60 years since Charles and Dorothy Chase opened the shop in the Claremont Village ...

A senior official said a set of nominations is being examined today by the committee for inscribing them on this list. The 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of ...

Louisiana Folk Roots is offering Cajun and Zydeco music camps for children ages 8-14 this summer. Camps will be in Eunice, Lafayette and Opelousas throughout June and July. Camp activities include ...