Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard ...

In retrospect, the 2010s were an underrated time for music. Pop was at its peak, garage rock was in full swing, and indie folk revival had put a modern spin on a classic genre. Let’s look at just a ...

The word “folk” bespeaks the old-timey roots of this musical genre, which can be divided into the classes of traditional and contemporary. The Grammys used to have a separate category for each of ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

THE WEEK'S MOST POPULAR AMERICANA/FOLK ALBUMS, BASED ON MULTIMETRIC CONSUMPTION, BLENDING TRADITIONAL ALBUM SALES, STREAMING-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS AND TRACK-EQUIVALENT ALBUMS, AS COMPILED BY LUMINATE. Bon ...

Folk rock emerged in the 1960s and early '70s as an essential subset of rock 'n' roll. And though there are dozens of notable works across the genre's now storied history, there can only be so many ...

The 1960s were the golden era of folk music. You could go to a record store and pick virtually any folk album from that era, and it’ll probably be a splendid listening experience. That being said, so ...

After a seven-year gap from producing a full-length album, British folk-rock band Mumford & Sons has returned to the music scene. The group’s homecoming is marked by the Friday release of its fifth ...

Crys Matthews won song of the year for "Sleeves Up." By Paul Grein I’m With Her’s sophomore album, Wild and Clear and Blue, won album of the year at the 2026 International Folk Music Awards, which ...