The awards will be presented on the first night of Folk Alliance International's 38th annual conference, set for Jan. 21-25 ...

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The sun will be gone by the time you finish reading this. These seasonally-appropriate folk albums will still be there.

The room that is now Dalston’s EartH Theatre first opened as a cinema in 1936, five years before the birth of Martin Carthy.

Even though most would argue that folk music really had its heyday in the 1960s, the 1970s also brought a seriously compelling slate of folksy tunes. Especially early in the decade, releases from ...

It is tough being an independent musician these days, but every year, NPR Music's Tiny Desk makes dreams come true for at least one new artist through the Tiny Desk Contest. Thousands enter, and only ...

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...

The Greenwich Village folk scene is best known for platforming Bob Dylan's career. But, who are Joni Mitchell's favourite ...

A night of folk and storytelling is coming to The Artists Hand Gallery and Espresso Bar, inviting the community to listen and ...

Folk rock definitely had its hey-day in the 1970s. However, we can’t forget the folk rock bands of the 1960s who paved the way for the entire genre. Some of the following four bands lasted well past ...