The softer the guitar, the more poetic the lyrics, right? That's the stereotype when it comes to folk and folk's slightly more muscular cousin with a beard, folk rock. Growing out of the '40s American ...

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Queens Of The Stone Age, Villagers Of Ioannina City, Ricky Warwick and more ...

Ray Jackson, the musician who played the mandolin on Rod Stewart’s number one hit Maggie May, has bought a rare £2,800 ...

Charlotte Overvold has been attending the Folk on the Rocks music festival in Yellowknife since she was a baby. But this year ...

Many famous bands, whether mainstream or underground, attract especially dedicated, sometimes cult-like followings. Little ...

The St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival’s production of the musical R&J and Joni opened on Friday at the Kinsmen Amphitheatre, ...

Summer is disappearing fairly rapidly. It's the final full week of July, and that means the final full week of Artown; headliners this week include The Blind Boys of Alabama and Steep Canyon Rangers.

The folk singer who Rolling Stone magazine credited with launching the singer-songwriter genre comes to Southern California ...

Jim Croce had a hit about a fictitious 'bad, bad' character; Guns N' Roses released their successful debut album; Oasis ...

Tributes are being paid after the death of a Harrogate musician who pioneered the late 1960s English folk music revival and ...

White Rock Theatre’s Youth project will perform items from “Shrek”, and Ukrainian singer Halyna Pohreda will sing folk songs ...

Bring on the dancing horses and “oh sit down”, because Forest Fest 2026 is about to hit Laois bigger than ever next weekend.