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 ...

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I did a deep dive into eight classic country songs that have notable cover versions. Then, I compared the two. So, now the real question is: do we have the same musical taste or not? The Sons of the ...

Folk Alliance International brought the global folk community to New Orleans for a weekend filled with music and powerful conversations.

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

"American Folk" then became a tribute to the older musical roots that both Guthrie and Parton drew from: Shaker devotional tunes, psalm singing from the New England hymnody, Appalachian fiddle tunes ...

Recorded over a four-week period, from 12 October to 11 November 1965, Rubber Soul is The Beatles’ first masterpiece, a ...