Ian has written a book about his life in folk music, titled ‘Alien Water: Six Decades Paddling in Unpopular Music’.

He was the last surviving member of a retro-minded string trio whose celebration of prewar songs of the rural South put them ...

Cal State L.A. professor Ericka Verba, director of the Latin American Studies program, discusses her new biography of the ...

Recordings by Amy Winehouse, Celine Dion, Elton John, Mary J. Blige and Tracy Chapman are among this year’s 25 additions to ...

Ani DiFranco with special guest Wryn: 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 10-11, at Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St., Chicago.

Hurley spent more than a decade gigging around Vermont bars and ski resorts, a relative unknown. But in recent decades, he’s garnered a cult following.

Karen Dalton sang with a tone that earned her constant comparison with Billie Holiday. Like many great blues singers, she ...

MUS-Z 404 “The Music of Bob Dylan” is offered every spring semester at IU and open to all students. The course, taught by Gabriel Lubell, a visiting lecturer in music at the Jacobs School of Music, ...

Folk singer and songwriter Michael Hurley passed away in Astoria, Oregon, on April 3, 2025. Dubbed as the 'Godfather of freak ...

The influential singer/songwriter was a part of the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1960s and 1970s.

The deft fingerpicking guitarist is about to release his second record in two years, “Doing Things Right,” which is credited ...

Kansas City’s music scene is known for its pivotal role in the development and evolution of jazz and blues, but it is much ...