The traveling program, created by Naomi Westwater, aims to give credit to the role of musicians of color in the folk music genre while supporting today's non-white folk artists.

The lullaby constitutes not only tenderness, but also memory, tradition, folk wisdom, and theological depth, often without ...

Bob Dylan’s 1975 protest song Hurricane sparked legal threats and major controversy, becoming one of the boldest statements ...

Although largely forgotten, a little-known Tennessee school once powerfully influenced the U.S. Civil Rights movement and its leaders, while preserving Southern Appalachian culture. Its inspiring ...

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...

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 ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

GENESEO — New York State’s first commercial winery was founded in York before the Civil War. The two topics are intertwined as area soldiers enlisted, fought and returned.

In the Civil War period, musical performance was a much bigger and different part of people’s lives than it is today. Today, for most people, it’s background while you’re doing laundry, or streaming ...

Editor's note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. War, ...