Shenandoah lead singer Marty Raybon shared how he wants to honor God and attending families through the band's performance at ...

Rowan Choral Society invites audiences to embark on a musical journey around the globe at its fall concerts, “Sing Me a Song – A Musical Journey of Folk Songs Around the World” to be held Nov. 7, at 7 ...

When Paul Simon first came to Britain in the mid-1960s, he was still in the early stages of his music career as a songwriter and was in search of inspiration. That’s when he bumped into Martin Carthy, ...

John Denver's music has touched a generation of listeners, but few know that one of his most beloved songs is his most misleading, for one key reason. Denver's 1971 Hit "Take Me Home Country Roads" is ...

Popular folk singer Maithili Thakur has hinted at entering politics ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, expressing a desire to contest from her hometown Benipatti. The 25-year-old artist, who ...

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 ...

It was at a leftist summer camp in the Catskills that Joe Hickerson came up with the final two verses to Pete Seeger’s popular song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone.” The new verses turned the song ...

Following the assassination of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, officials reported unspent bullet casings were found at the scene. These were engraved with phrases such as “If you read ...

BERKS CO., Pa. - Folk music echoed through the Reading Liederkranz on Sunday. "This is the Mountain Folk Fest that we have," said David Kline. Kline helped organize the event. "I have a passion for it ...

On this day (September 5) in 1964, The Animals topped the Billboard Hot 100 with “House of the Rising Sun.” The song, an arrangement of a traditional American folk song, occupied the top spot for ...

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...