Americana music (if unfamiliar with that term, see below) in general. Another interesting note for music this year was ...

A legendary Australian storyteller leaves behind a remarkable body of work devoted to history, country and song.

It would be easy for former President Barack Obama to get cynical. The signature achievement of his two terms in office is on the brink of oblivion, and many of the progressive wins of his era have ...

James “Bau” Graves was the executive director of Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music for more than 11 years, steering the venerable institution in the North Side’s Lincoln Square neighborhood ...

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 ...

Generation Z has already made its mark on investing—consider crypto, FOMO, meme stocks and gamified investing. But, in a less flashy way, it is grandparents who are truly shaking things up. America’s ...

When: 11 a.m. Saturday, doors open at 10; 11 a.m. Sunday, doors open at 10 Where: Spokane Falls Community College, The Lair, 1810 N. Greene St. Cost: Free The Spokane Fall Folk Festival is celebrating ...

The annual Train Song Festival is returning to Old Poway Park on Saturday with a line-up of six performances, including a sneak preview of “Hop on Board,” a new musical. The free event organized by ...

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 ...

Sam Grisman and Peter Rowan revive Dawg music at EKU concert Oct. 17, 2025. Grisman draws on family legacy and Old and in the Way repertoire nightly. Sam Grisman Project shows genre flexibility, ...

When it comes to the craft of storytelling in music, there is no question that folk music does it best. After all, that is the foundation of the genre. Folk songwriters have seemingly told every ...

The video installation titled "Coolies’ Chorus" recalls the voices of Tamil labourers once bound to the plantations in old Malaya. The video forms part of a wider project that has led Kuala ...