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Romanian band Balkan Taksim have spent years exploring the folk music of rural villages and updating it for the electronic ...

Expressing her joy, Awasthi said, “This was always my intention—to take Indian folk music beyond its traditional boundaries.” On whether folk music should adapt to modern styles, she ...

Washington—On April 4, 2025, the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society of Washington, D.C. hosted a ...

Both members of Cleveland’s Duo Balalaika (formerly Russian Duo) have roots in “the old country.” Balalaika player/pianist Oleg Kruglyakov came to the U.S. in the late ’90s from Siberia after ...

"Bledi," meaning "my country" in Arabic, is often used to describe the cultures of the Maghrebi region, countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya, blending North African heritage ...

The U.S.’s neighbors to the south are taking center stage in a celebration of all things Mexico and Mexican American.

That a Turkish orchestra excels in Turkish music is no surprise... but in mainstream Western repertoire too? BIPO and Carlo ...

Ed Sheeran learned the Beshkan, or Persian snap, and studied Farsi pronunciation in behind-the-scenes footage from his ...

Edinburgh’s folk music scene is set for a major moment this April as Dallahan, one of Scotland’s most internationally active folk bands, returns to the city where it all began for their biggest ...

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 ...