Dave Van Ronk was around in Greenwich Village during the folk boom. And he was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street" for ...

The 40 years between 1929 and 1969 are arguably the most culturally defining years in the history of the world regarding mass media and pop culture. The pop culture revolution transpired following ...

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed with a guitar, a harmonica, and a deep suspicion of authority. His songs ...

In the 1960s, folk music transformed itself from a quaint acoustic rural sound into a form of melodic resistance. Today, we are seeing the return of this powerful art form.

An exceptional online-only auction of 73 lots of Canadian folk art, highlighted by six fresh-to-the-market Maud Lewis ...

Hundreds of people have gathered to remember former NT administrator, musician and Indigenous land rights advocate Ted Egan, ...

In October last year the musician Angeline Morrison, whose 2022 masterpiece The Sorrow Songs drew on deep research to present new folk music that centred the real Black British figures who are often ...

The traditional South Korean popular music genre is making headlines in the country once again.

After exceedingly high demand, 1960s folk rocker Paul Simon added a new show to his upcoming 2026 U.S. tour. The announcement was shared on Friday afternoon via Instagram. Simon announced the North ...

The event also revealed that Springsteen shared some of my initial hesitations about “Streets of Minneapolis.” He said that before releasing it, he’d sent it to Tom Morello, the former Rage Against ...

One of the more enduring genres of music, one currently enjoying a modest increase in popularity, is folk music. The traditional genre often touches upon the quotidian topics of everyday life and ...

One of the single most important musical institutions in America is the Brill Building, located at Broadway and 49th Street ...