Conductor Nicholas Hersh calls William Dawson's work "a fundamental part of our history and a beautiful piece of our culture.

Joe Boyd was stage manager at the Newport Folk Festival when Bob Dylan plugged in and went electric, shocking the ...

"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" opens at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, “Too Hot To Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah” at the ...

It’s not shocking then that The Beatles occasionally incorporated elements of folk music into their own special musical stew. Here are five occasions when they did just that and, as usual, ...

The popularity of Kahan's songs, which combine confessional lyrics, cheerful melodies and a lot of acoustic guitar, signalled that a revival of a certain kind of folk music, stomp-clap-hey ...

January 7, 2025 • Yarrow wrote or co-wrote some of the group's biggest 1960s hits, including "Puff, the Magic Dragon" and "Day Is Done." ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Located 2.5 miles south of the Santa Fe Plaza on Museum Hill, the Museum of International Folk Art neighbors the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, the Museum of Indian Arts ...

A practical and theoretical introduction to traditional West African music and culture. Students experience the rhythms, songs, movements, and languages of Ghana and its neighboring countries through ...

Kevin Vance created a program of folk music for KALW, A Patchwork Quilt, in October 1991. He grew up in Berkeley during the 1960s and '70s and spent his years learning in public schools, community ...

Mountain Empire Community College’s Wampler Library will host a reception highlighting the Slemp Gallery’s latest exhibit, “The Tracks of My Years," featuring the work of Big Stone Gap artist and ...

The star's advice to up up-and-coming actresses: 'Work brings work. As long as it wasn't morally reprehensible to me, I did it' ...

As global leaders gather at COP29 in Baku, a priority for Africa is clear: accelerating access to reliable and sustainable electricity. Today, nearly one in two people in Africa lack access to ...