“[A] chess tournament grew in it, the folk singing grew in it.” Without the coffeehouses, young people would have been locked out of the live music scene. Some community organizations, like ...

Organisers are looking to next year's milestone, with the National Folk Festival to celebrate 60 years of music and dancing. Thousands of people have turned out in Canberra for a feast of music ...

What do you think about folk music of the state and its contribution to classical music? With time, a lot has changed. People’s work and their lives have also changed. The times of Begum Akhtar ...

“People are crying, dying ... Growing up surrounded by the activist folk music of artists like Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and Bob Dylan, Rufo went on to play at protest rallies and accompany ...

Inspired by long-lost folk melodies ... But both families were country people who spoke with similar accents and shared a deep faith in education—and music. Sneak Peek: Reclaiming History ...

“To really weird, varying scales—supporting random bands or playing to 10 people in the front bar ... Modern-day irony blended with folk-music sincerity. And maybe that’s the reason they ...

Music will return to Royal Athletic Park this summer when the Victoria Folk Music Festival stages its inaugural edition on July 5. The one-day event is headlined by ex-Be Good Tanyas singer Frazey ...

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 ...

The two-day district-level fair celebrating Baisakhi concluded with immense enthusiasm and traditional fervour at Jawali in Kangra district last night. On the second day of the celebration, local ...

Louis Armstrong once observed that "all music is folk music; I ain't never heard no horse sing a song," which is as good a way as any of saying that making music is a human activity. Music is ...