Folk Alliance International returns to New Orleans Jan. 21-25 for its annual conference, which is one of the largest ...

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 ...

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

Vatican II allowed the presence of “the music of the people” at Mass. Folk music, the music that is indigenous to each of the various nations of the world and to the ethnic cultures found within those ...

NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND — A decade ago, Pete Seeger gave the organizers of the Newport Folk Festival a mission statement. “If you’re going to have the torch, I need to know you’re going to continue to ...

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 ...

The singer-songwriter influenced generations of musicians.

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

Iris DeMent was one of the most distinctive voices in the 1990s—a lyricist who inspired John Prine to write the liner notes for her 1992 debut album and a vocalist who inspired Merle Haggard to say, ...

It is not absolutely essential to have hair hanging to the waist—but it helps. Other aids: no lipstick, flat shoes, a guitar. So equipped, almost any enterprising girl can begin a career as a folk ...