One of the more enduring genres of music, one currently enjoying a modest increase in popularity, is folk music. The traditional genre often touches upon the quotidian topics of everyday life and ...

The sixth song on the album, titled “Little Orphant Annie,” is a new setting of an old poem. For the song, Jones was inspired by Indiana poet James Whitcomb Riley and combined his 1885 poem of the ...

Portland folk singer Jeffrey Martin releases one full show, Alive, on July 25, 2025, recorded at Portland’s The Showdown, with 16 tracks, unedited, ...

Ian Fisher is sitting in a Webster Groves coffee shop eating a pierogi. It’s an item he tries to order anytime he sees it on a menu when he’s back in his native Missouri. He picked up a fondness for ...

Last Sunday was big for Arkansas singer-songwriter Jesse Welles. Not only was he nominated in four categories at the 68th ...

The Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara returns this autumn and winter with a lineup of shows featuring sea-chantey singalongs, a visit from an international Scottish fiddle master, more Irish songs and ...

From viral village beats to modern folk remixes, Telugu folk songs continue to dominate YouTube charts. Here’s a look at the five most-viewed Telugu folk and folk-inspired tracks that have captured ...