but he’s mostly known for recasting traditional American folk songs into vibrant contemporary soundscapes. He spoke to NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Tom Casciato about his Vermont ...

Ever since the '60s, Joan Baez has delivered a message with her music, but she was never going to be a two-chord folkie with ...

This brother-and-brother duo may have been from the Bronx, but their involvement in the Greenwich Village folk music movement ... who lived in the deep American South. However, title aside ...

The American Folk Art Museum looked more plucked than plucky at the close of 2011. The museum owns the most extensive collection of American folk art anywhere, along with a large selection of folk art ...

House Of The Rising Sun” may be known by several 1960s and 1970s iterations, but it’s far from a mid-20th-century song. The roots of this particular traditional folk song have been traced back to the ...

In Nashville, we love our country, Americana and folk music — all of which had exciting nominations in their respective ...

Jackson is the first city in Mississippi to serve as a host city and will host the National Folk Festival from 2025 to 2027. The capital city was chosen out of 42 competing cities ...

This teenage folk and blues singer-songwriter is wise beyond her years – and nailed every song on her debut album in one take ...

The Museum of International Folk Art also showcases more than 130,000 pieces of folk and traditional art from ... European, North American and Spanish Colonial pieces ranging from household ...