Joni Mitchell's 2022 live set at the Newport Folk Festival becomes an album
Last summer’s surprise set by Joni Mitchell at the Newport Folk Festival has been turned into a live album
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Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84
Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits include “Early Morning Rain” and “The Wreck of th...
Stories told in stitchery at Folk Art Museum's quilt exhibit
A quilt exhibit running at the American Folk Art Museum in New York shows how powerfully the art form has told stories f...
Ian Tyson, half of Ian & Sylvia folk duo, dies at age 89
Ian Tyson, the Canadian folk singer who wrote the modern standard “Four Strong Winds” as one half of Ian & Sylvia and he...
Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon, dies at 79
Judith Durham, Australia’s folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died
Newport Folk Festival includes stage powered by bicycles
The Newport Folk Festival is known for creating electrifying musical moments, and this weekend it is powering a small st...
Pete Seeger gets own stamp; ceremony planned at Newport Folk
Pete Seeger is the latest American musician to appear on a U.S. postage stamp
Review: Willi Carlisle sings satirical, populist folk songs
Willi Carlisle’s new album, titled “Peculiar, Missouri,” is a collection of campfire folk songs that celebrates love whi...
After 2 muted years, orange-clad folk mark Dutch King's Day
After two years of celebrations muted by coronavirus lockdowns, the Netherlands is marking King Willem-Alexander’s 55th...
Silence replaces old folk tunes in historic quarter of Kabul
The songs are silent in the traditional musicians' quarter of Kabul's Old City, ever since the Taliban's takeover of Afg...