In 1916, British song collector Cecil Sharp traveled to the United States to explore folk traditions in the Appalachians. During his time, Sharp knocked on the doors of homes, interviewing Appalachian ...

The first US exhibit of rare, century-old photos taken by British song collector Cecil Sharp opens at The Madison County Arts Center from April 3- May 31st. The photos feature some of the singers he ...

SONGBIRDS: Ballad singer and fiddler Daron Douglas, left, joins fellow folk musician Betty Smith at a recent celebration in Hot Springs of the centennial of Cecil Sharp's visit to Madison County.

Or did he? Sharp’s legacy has divided academic opinion since the 1980s, attracting complaints that he was a racist (he collected Appalachian songs but none from people of colour), a sexist who ignored ...

Take a bow, Darlingside, who returned to Britain this week for just two dates. Named in honour of William Faulkner’s advice to writers to “kill your darlings”, Folk Alliance International’s Artists of ...

This is the final book in a series of Folk Songs from Somerset. Published by Cecil Sharp who was the "founding father of folklore in England" in the early 20th century, it contains songs particular to ...