This image is from the official website for Bonny Light Horseman. On a cold February Monday in Ann Arbor, complete with mostly unwalkable and snowy sidewalks, I wasn’t expecting a line to the end of ...

Greek folk songs of the 1821 Revolution not only told stories of brave revolutionaries, but also served as historical texts.

Chelidonisma links ancient and modern Greek tradition, celebrating spring's arrival through the sacred song of the swallow.

The Folk Orchestra of Santa Barbara returns this autumn and winter with a lineup of shows featuring sea-chantey singalongs, a visit from an international Scottish fiddle master, more Irish songs and ...

If you Google “oldest known musical instrument,” you’ll find that the answer is the flute: 42,000-year-old fragments of the instrument carved from bird bone and mammoth ivory were discovered in a ...

Traditional African musical sounds and songs are under threat today. More than 50 years after the end of official colonial rule, the legacy of colonialism continues to sideline many traditional ...

Once a month or so, dozens of people get together for a night of traditional song — and sometimes not-so-traditional. This group singalong has hopped from bar to bar in New York City for years — and ...