Spirit of Folk Awards recipients – presented to honor and celebrate people and organizations actively involved in the promotion and preservation of folk music through their creative work, community ...

Many of the releases in this list use that experimentation to give voice to profound musical narratives. Across this list, you'll find stories of existential reckoning, the search for home, and the ...

In Slate’s annual Music Club, Slate critic Carl Wilson emails about the year in music with fellow critics — featuring New York Times contributor Lindsay Zoladz, freelance writer Briana Younger, NPR ...

ROLLINSFORD — With a music career spanning 57 years, Bill Staines leaves an indelible mark in American folk music. William Russell Staines, a Rollinsford resident, died at the age of 74 on Dec. 5, ...

We learned of the loss this week of two prominent figures in the local folk scene: Scott Alarik, a journalist, musicologist and songwriter; and Bill Staines, a folk singer who wrote many songs about ...

Noon Concerts at Trinity Santa Barbara presents Folk Bassoon: A Trinity Backstage Retrospective Friday, November 14, 12:15 – 12:45 pm with Kate Wallace, vocals and guitar; Doug Clegg, vocals, guitar, ...

Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil ...

This summer, the Newport Folk Festival is in full swing to bring one of the country’s premiere music festivals back to New England. From Friday, July 22, through Sunday, July 24, Newport Folk will ...

Hear songs by Amythyst Kiah, Kara Jackson, Tray Wellington and more. By Lindsay Zoladz “Today Black folk performers have reached a critical mass and level of exposure not seen since the early decades ...