Kurt Cobain and Dolly Parton couldn't have had more different musical styles, but they had one song in common. The legendary ...

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

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

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.

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.

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 ...

Though Dalhart’s influence on country music stretched far and wide, his background in opera and the attention he gave other ...

The National Folk Festival will return to Downtown Jackson from November 13-15. This year's theme, "Mississippi Flavor," will ...

This year, the Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival is celebrating 50 years with more than 20 of the finest national ...