Folk rock evolved from folk music, but took it even further with songs like "Mr. Tamborine Man" and "Like a Rolling Stone," ...

Beyond local talents playing the fest, other highlights over the weekend include a video featurette containing archivist Joe ...

The Providence musician launched a career by confronting racism in old-time music. He’s tired of being that guy.

An Oak Park based group is using the power of folk music to help fight food distress in Chicago’s West Side and west suburbs.

The music legends recorded two very different versions of the dark, old-time mountain song.

Old Town School of Folk Music cofounder Win Stracke saw songs as a way to connect people to history, compassion, and justice.

The Longfellow Front Porch Music Festival is set for Sunday, Sept. 27.

The haunting song had been around for decades before a British rock band transformed it into an international sensation.

Melanie Safka's 'Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)' was inspired by an emotional scene when she performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival.

These folk songs from 1978 should be studied in songwriting classes. They are rife with lessons every artist could take.

Composer Ketty Nez joined GBH’s All Things Considered to discuss how her Slovenian roots and Balkan folk music inspired her ...

Say hello to Suneel Lodhi, the voice behind the famous ‘Maine tere hi bharose’. A song that has taken the country by ...