A centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition is still soothing souls

The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...

Traditional Okinawan songs rich with indigenous knowledge of climate and geology

The lyrics of traditional Okinawan songs were found to record past climate and geological history of the Ryukyu Islands (21st ...
KOSU

Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, ...

‘A rich music community’: UNCSA to launch American Roots Music Institute offering traditional music training for students

From bluegrass to folk to gospel to jazz, the new institute, backed by a $10.1 million gift, is aimed at training a new ...
WTVD

Raleigh Wide Open Music Festival enters final day of its 2 days of free concerts

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- People come from all over the country to experience the sights and sounds of Raleigh. Bluegrass, Gospel and Folk music will once again fill the air along Fayetteville Street.
WBUR

Jake Blount's dystopian folk music is an omen for the present

Back in 2020, folk musician Jake Blount launched into national awareness with the release of his debut album, “Spider Tales.” The project was, by some measures, a conventional interpretation of ...
The Boston Globe

Folk has always been the ‘people’s music’ – and that definition is still expanding

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Sept. 26-Oct 2. Assigning firm definitions to genres of music in 2025 is like ...
KXLY 4 News

Enjoy traditional German food and music at this year's Deutschesfest in Odessa!

ODESSA, Wash. -- If you're looking to grab a delicious bratwurst, hear some great music and maybe dust off your lederhosen, check out this weekend's Deutschesfest in Odessa! From September 18-21, the ...
Oregonian

Joe Hickerson, folk musician and lead archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress, dies at 89

It was at a leftist summer camp in the Catskills that Joe Hickerson came up with the final two verses to Pete Seeger’s popular song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.” The new verses turned the song ...
St. Cloud Times

St. John's University graduate, musician returns to St. Cloud for a concert this October

Folk musician and St. John's University graduate John McCutcheon is returning to central Minnesota for a concert. He began his folk music career while studying at St. John's University. The artist ...
American Songwriter

3 Folk Songs From the 1990s That Still Shake the Ground We Stand On

Flannels and an attitude—Those are the two surface-level similarities between grunge rock and the folk music movement. However, what they don’t have in common, at least extensively, is their sound, ...
Yahoo

This folk festival is turning 50. A look at half a century of music at Eagle Creek Park:

A longtime music festival is ready to give up the folk for the 50th year. The Eagle Creek Folk Festival will ring in half a century Sept. 13 at Eagle Creek Park. The Indiana Folk Music Society will ...