The folk alchemist treads a transformative path, rendering old songs new with little but a Telecaster and a tube amp ...

Carthy wears his considerable history lightly. His album was reflective without being nostalgic or complacent, building on a lifetime’s commitment to the performance and interpretation of traditional ...

Anyone looking for a natural inheritor to Bert Jansch and John Renbourn should pay serious attention to rising Scottish guitarist Sam Grassie. Grassie grew up around traditional folk music in Glasgow, ...

Wizz Jones passed away in late April. He remains one of the truly undersung greats of 20th century folk guitar and a lynchpin of the UK '60s folk revival. Born Raymond Ronald Jones in Thornton Heath ...

When Hayden Pedigo plays the acoustic guitar, he doesn't sing. He doesn't have a huge backing band. He writes sprawling, beautiful songs around the guitar. It's kind of breathtaking. Hayden was born ...

When you study stress management, you learn about multiple forms of deep breathing, heart rate variation, the value of community, and how to incorporate nature into your life. You could add listening ...

In returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be. Dom Flemons at the nightclub ...

Folk musicians have never been a group of musicians to over publicize or make their appearance known. They always lurk in shadows and do what they do best, which is to put great truthful sentiments on ...

In August 1963, a yellow Telecaster emerged from Fender’s original California factory, ending up two years later in the hands of a gifted young guitarist named Michael Bloomfield — who bought it after ...

Davey Graham, 68, a trailblazing British guitarist of folk and blues who influenced such performers as Paul Simon and guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, died Dec. 15 at his home in London. He had ...