Folk singer Olivia Chaney explains how her 2013 BBC radio performance of "Dark Eyed Sailor" ended up in Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights." ...

Folk originates from the German word "volk," which means "the people." And that's what folk is at its core: from the people, documented and shared with individual experience in mind. The late 19th ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

Folk music has evolved and changed through the years, but it’s never really gone away. While there are a few stellar folk acts out there in the modern world today, you just can’t beat the classics.

The 1970s produced countless folk musicians. Some earned fame while others remained underground heroes. Given the genre’s rich and robust history, particularly in this decade, it’s impossible to know ...

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 ...

It is not absolutely essential to have hair hanging to the waist—but it helps. Other aids: no lipstick, flat shoes, a guitar. So equipped, almost any enterprising girl can begin a career as a folk ...

Ambassador of Rajasthan’s folk traditions, Kutle Khan, talks to us about his global journey and his performance at the Sacred Amritsar Festival. The Kutle Khan Project by singer and composer Kutle ...

At the India International Centre in New Delhi, where 'Lok Yatra: A Folk Music Journey' was held, Runki Goswami chose to sing folk songs from Kashmir to Kerala and from Gujarat to West Bengal ...