Paul Weller praises the new generation of folk with his favourite album this century, Laura Marling's 'Once I Was an Eagle'.

David Bowie's longterm producer, Tony Visconiti, might not be known for folk, but he loves Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and ...

Folk originates from the German word "volk," which means "the people." And that's what folk is at its core: from the people, documented and shared with individual experience in mind. The late 19th ...

Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

In the dozen years that the Milk Carton Kids have played their modern folk music in towns and cities around the world, the folk festivals always felt best to singer-guitarists Joey Ryan and Kenneth ...

The title shares its name with a pond in southwest London where the band formed. After a seven-year break between albums and a solo offering (Self-Titled) from singer Marcus Mumford, the group teamed ...

As a music historian, I’ve always respected one decision of Dylan’s in particular—one that kicked off the young artist’s most turbulent and significant period of creative activity. Sixty years ago, on ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Indie/folk artist Sasha Dawe has unveiled his new single "Who I Am," out on ...

Known for a single megahit, “Wagon Wheel.” Old Crow Medicine Show is known for making real old-fashioned music in the modern age. Equipped with fiddles, harmonicas, stand-up bass, banjos, and seven ...

When we think of the folk revival scene of the 1960s, we often look to Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and even Woody Guthrie’s storied career. However, there were incredible female folk singers who ...