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

Enmeshed in the Los Angeles music scene in the 1960s, Henry Diltz, a member of the Modern Folk Quartet, never planned on ...

Ian Fisher is sitting in a Webster Groves coffee shop eating a pierogi. It’s an item he tries to order anytime he sees it on a menu when he’s back in his native Missouri. He picked up a fondness for ...

Brògeal redefine modern folk with their debut Tuesday Paper Club, blending Celtic roots and rock energy to revive community, ...

Though the term “folk music” goes back to the mid-19th century, its modern coinage typically refers to the post-war folk revivals in England and America—though it can also describe any indigenous ...

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of ...

A mystery surrounding the murder of an unknown woman in the 19th Century has been kept alive in modern times largely due to a ...

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 ...

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a traditional folk song from Kashi, ...