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 ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

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

“Mr. Tambourine Man” is a song that was written by folk rock icon Bob Dylan and released back in 1965. This song has been recorded multiple times through the years, and it was famously covered ...

The chart visualizes two recordings of the English folk song “Scarborough Fair ... Each person sang a traditional song, recited its lyrics, played an instrumental version of its melody ...

In the second instalment of his guide to the best in new, forward-thinking folk music, Patrick Clarke explores the ... or the slinky ‘Riding The Stang’ – the only non-traditional song on the album, ...

Folk music is traditional music that belongs to a particular ... For example there's English folk music, Scottish folk music, American folk music, Russian folk music and so on.