He belonged to the folk music team. Dylan, alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles, is one of the few truly transformative ...

The Godfather of freak folk, Michael Hurley, died on April 3 at the age of 83. His songs often mixed humor, unusual ...

The striking first single, “Ancient Light,” is hardly a traditional folk song; it features an airy ... At this point, the most famous member of indie/dad-rock standard-bearers the National ...

Each type of folk music is very different and can teach us things about a particular culture. Ballads were a popular kind of folk music. These were folk songs which told a story of love or myths.

Before she disappeared, Converse recorded several folk songs that became popular decades later. One such track is “How Sad, How Lovely,” the title track of a 2009 compilation of Converse’s ...

It's hard not to feel a taste of real life in Middle America when you listen to the best John Mellencamp songs.

Ukraine folk music enters the modern era thanks to luminaries Yа́gody, who perform at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tradition ...