Whenever they can, Tom and Chris Kastle sail the Great Lakes. The rest of the time, the Chicago-based musicians and maritime educators sing about the Great Lakes. Or talk, teach, or write songs about ...

Sea shanties have survived for centuries, far beyond the golden age of seafaring. A lot of them have strong ties to New England’s maritime culture, especially the culture built around the whaling ...

Sea shanties have survived for centuries, far beyond the golden age of seafaring. A lot of them have strong ties to New England’s maritime culture, especially the culture built around the whaling ...

Singing sailor Hannah Snellgrove admits music has been her saviour when waves have become choppy on the water. Snellgrove, 33, is the newest member of Team GB’s 2024 Olympic squad having been selected ...

From the Beach Boys to Bob Dylan, here are nine songs about specific ships. Songs about ships have been around for as long as human beings have sung and sailed. But it took until 1966 for the ship ...

Sway Wild is an indie folk-rock duo made up of Mandy Fer and Dave McGraw -- once Flagstaff residents who found love and musical partnership among the ponderosa pines. The band is set to return to ...

A woman sings a folk song via livestreaming in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2024.[Xinhua/Yin Dongxun] NANNING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) — For thousands of years, folk ...

Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...

Regardless of technological advancements or changing music trends, folk music never seems to go out of style. This may have to do with roots music forming the DNA from which most music styles evolve.

It is worth mentioning that this list is far from exhaustive. I’m just a fan of these four tunes, in particular. Nobody was doing folk music in the 1990s like Jeff Buckley. “Last Goodbye” is still ...