CONCORD – Explore the roots of New England’s unique and beautiful folk music tradition via Concord Community Music School’s new “New England Roots & Branches” series, debuting in January 2025. Some of ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

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 ...

For more than six decades, the University of Chicago Folk Festival has brought together an array of musicians and performers from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds—all united through a love for ...

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

A legendary rock band is working on new music with a different sound. The Edge revealed in a new interview with BBC Radio 2 that U2 is working with producer Brian Eno on “crazy new music” for their ...

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — More than two decades ago, Mike Dixon was one of the regulars at the Summerside Folk Club, which ran from 2000 to 2003.