We look back on the stars who died this year, including Gene Hackman, Michelle Trachtenberg, Val Kilmer, Angie Stone, David ...

Over the past five decades, the organization has brought noteworthy folk music to East Lansing, including stars like Nanci Griffith, Suzanne Vega, and before he recently burst onto the global ...

Much of the attention focused on the Mandala’s blond-haired front man, singer George Olliver, who modelled himself on his hero James Brown. Mr. Olliver’s soulful yelps and howls and ...

Callers play an important role at barn dances, calling out the steps and formations for attendees in time with the music. They lead the room, deciding the direction of the night and keeping the energy ...

The UK-based folk singer came to prominence in 2005 in the underground UK folk scene. Since his music career became one of the focal points of his life, the artist has written and released 15 ...

The Philadelphia Folk Festival will return to the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford for its 62nd edition Aug. 15-17. This year’s lineup will feature headlining singer-songwriters John Gorka and Sonia ...

Like George Saunders and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Folk seeds the petri dish of each story with one aberrant premise and then lets it mutate into something monstrously hilarious and revealing.

The 50th Annual Alaska Folk Festival is officially underway—and it’s striking all the right chords with music lovers from across the state. It’s all about the music this week in Juneau. Over the next ...

into the fatal George building collapse last year has revealed shocking findings, adding that officials named in the probe will face the music. On Wednesday the minister released the forensic ...

Internationally renowned folk dance artist Ram Sahay Panday, a Padma Shri recipient, died in Madhya Pradesh's Sagar district early on Tuesday following a prolonged illness, family sources said.