In continued celebration of Women’s History Month, our first Passport Pick this week is Songs to Keep: Treasures of an ...

The China National Traditional Orchestra staged a concert titled Chinese Folk Song Map — Traveling with Folk Songs in Beijing on March 15. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily] The programs were divided ...

Mark Sisti is a seasoned performer and promoter who covers the local music scene for the Daily Sentinel. You can reach him at ...

These four folk songs from different eras of the genre made folk music cool again, and they've aged pretty well today.

Drawing on centuries of hymnody, the songwriting collective asks the question: “What else could we be singing about?” ...

Pete Seeger was a major figure in America’s folk revival and influenced generations of musicians—including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Billy Bragg. Seeger’s rendition of “We Shall Overcome” ...

Formed in London’s King’s Cross in 1982, The Pogues were originally named Pogue Mahone – an Anglicisation of the Irish phrase ...

It’s looking like a significant couple of weeks for the folk rock trio Palmyra as it gears up to head out on its first headline tour. The jam-packed days for the queer band from Virginia start ...

The Chamber Music Society of St. Louis will play Irish, Scotch and other Celtic composers for St. Patrick's Day.

Footage shows how a Chinese drinks chain that this week had a blockbuster IPO copied its theme tune from a racist 19th century Alabama folk song ... the melody of the song is used for the Chinese ...

THE recent amalgamation of the Folk Song Society with the English Folk Dance Society has been marked by the appearance of a new journal with the title Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song ...