For musicians like Rhiannon Giddens and Rissi Palmer, trying to break down doors in the folk and country music scenes has ...

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy.

War, like love, has long inspired artists and musicians. That is especially true of the songs written in response to the ...

Jim Fusilli was the rock and pop music critic of The Wall Street Journal. Fusilli is also founder and editor of a destination for “Music for Grownups." ...

Though folk is not as popular as it once was, a resurgence of the genre has been sparked through social media and activism as the forefront of social-political commentary. The basis of folk ...

Based on a poem sent to Joan Baez by Nina Duschek, “Saigon Bride” is emblematic of ’60s folk music and tells the story of a ...

When searching for a harbinger of spring – actual spring, not one of New England’s balmy March flukes – look for visitors ...

The first glimmers of public discontent emerged in American music. In 1963 Bob Dylan condemned the “Masters of War” who “hide ...

Distressing dreams have been linked to certain health conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, lung ...

Last month, Eno released Aurum, a surprise album available only on Apple Music. He’s lately been getting together with U2, his old collaborators, and working on “sci-fi Irish folk music.” ...

It was Opening Day at the home of the Seattle Mariners, and the married couple from the long-running folk-rock band the Head and the Heart were there to sing the national anthem, right before Hall ...

Music streaming has its roots in the peer-to-peer file sharing industry. Napster, Limewire and BitTorrent were at the forefront of changing the way people thought about music, and while they only ...