If an eye toward trends prevents a full immersion into folk tradition, how popular can folk music truly become?

In 1965, just as folk music was about to turn into folk rock, a little-known American living in England released his first ...

A new documentary premiering at the Independent Film Festival Boston tells the story of a North Shore musical friendship 50 ...

American master producer, but the success of one Geordie folk song allowed him to enjoy living in a castle. Find out why here ...

On the cusp of their avant-pop fame, electronic pioneers Kraftwerk played the small Somerset town of Yeovil with a South West ...

New for this year, a free park and ride service by Nu-Venture will operate during the festival from the University of ...

The Lowell Folk Festival announced its first set of performers for its 39th edition, including Elida Almeida, Dat Mighty 9, ...

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Featuring Ed O'Brien, The Lemon Twigs, Aldous Harding and many more On her new album, The Anthology Of UnAmerican Folk Music, ...

From rain-soaked concerts to last-minute substitutions and happy accidents, rock history is full of chance moments that ...

Grenadian-Canadian folk artist Kaïa Kater makes her Poole debut at Lighthouse on 6 May, performing tracks from acclaimed new ...

Emily Pilbeam presents a mixtape of her personal selection of tracks from BBC Introducing, with music by pyncher, Max Winter ...