In March, as ICE arrests under the new Trump Administration topped thirty thousand and the President threatened new tariffs ...

MUNCIE — Ball State University will present the Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at Emens Auditorium.

Before there was Bob Dylan, the folk revival icon, there was Odetta. Before there was Janis Joplin, the wailing blues singer, there was Odetta. The woman whom Martin Luther King Jr. called the “Queen ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — I’m remembering a quote from television producer David Simon (The Wire) who when producing his at-the-time new show on post-Katrina New Orleans, Treme, argued for music — not movies ...

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 ...

A nearly 100-year-old song from the Memphis Jug Band called KC Moan is a favorite of folk musician and songwriter Barry Clyde. It’s one of the songs the audience at this year’s Brooklyn Folk Festival ...

Dyah (pronounced Dee-yah) is a Senior Author at Collider, responsible for both writing and transcription duties. She joined the website in 2022 as a Resource Writer before stepping into her current ...

A self-taught composer and interpreter, she led an unconventional and itinerant life devoted to spreading Chilean folkloric music. via Gisela Cares Reyes and Cineteca Nacional de ChileCredit ...

Back in 2020, folk musician Jake Blount launched into national awareness with the release of his debut album, “Spider Tales.” The project was, by some measures, a conventional interpretation of ...

A longtime music festival is ready to give up the folk for the 50th year. The Eagle Creek Folk Festival will ring in half a century Sept. 13 at Eagle Creek Park. The Indiana Folk Music Society will ...

Library of Congress archivist Joe Hickerson has died at 89. For decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music and served as director of the library's American Folklife Center. Joe ...

The 2025 telecast hit a multi-year ratings high. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor CBS and the American Music Awards will stay together for a longer term. CBS and Dick Clark Productions first ...