Wales has a rich musical heritage, and although many of its traditional instruments are not commonly heard, there are still ...

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

The contemporary Polish folk group Warsaw Village Band has made some great music using this instrument, the strings of which one plays by rotating a built-in wheel with a crank. Cart Rattle from the ...

In an on-demand economy, the kind of experience the shop offers is rare — and has cultivated a thriving bluegrass community ...

A 1963 electric Fender Telecaster guitar played during Bob Dylan's infamous Newport Folk Festival appearance is on sale for ...

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Every culture has its own interpretations of music and dance.They hold special significance in the past; now is it a dying art of the world?The ...

Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created by ordinary people within a culture, that's been played or sung to one another, for a very long time. People would ...

Family-owned Bucks County Folk Music Shop in New Media has helped cultivate a thriving bluegrass community across the region over the years, writes Emily ...

For all our complaints about music streaming platforms, you could argue that they deserve a little credit for revealing the flimsiness of our once-rigid borders around music styles. The breakdown of ...