A group of artistes yesterday staged a protest through Pala Gaan, the traditional Bangla folk music, condemning ongoing attacks on Baul artistes and mazars across the country and demanding the ...

The birth centenary of a musical maestro of modern Bengali music passed by rather quietly. In Salil Chowdhury, music and a ...

Explore the legacy of Salil Chowdhury, a multifaceted musical genius whose work transcends boundaries and inspires pluralism ...

Reimagined and produced by Shayan Chowdhury Arnob and Adit Rahman, the song blends the spiritual depth of traditional Qawwali with the melodic nuances of Bangladeshi heritage.

Folk music is the heartbeat of storytelling – raw, intimate, and unflinchingly human. It speaks for the voiceless, gives shape to protest, and captures the quiet ache of everyday life. From ancient ...

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

Thousands of travelers will head to New Orleans in January for the 38th annual Folk Alliance International Conference, the largest gathering of folk musicians and industry officials worldwide. ByGary ...

After the Second World War, traditional Finnish music experienced a period of dormancy as modern styles gained dominance. In the late 1960s, however, the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival became a ...

Home Routes is making its return to Brandon after a seven-year absence in hopes of bringing the city back into the folk music scene. As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are ...

Flannels and an attitude—Those are the two surface-level similarities between grunge rock and the folk music movement. However, what they don’t have in common, at least extensively, is their sound, ...

VENICE - A new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of a pivotal moment in folk music history taps into a revival of interest in Bob Dylan thanks to the recent biopic “A Complete Unknown”, ...

Hickerson helped co-wrote two additional verses of the Pete Seeger folk classic "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" By Gil Kaufman Joe Hickerson, a singer-songwriter who served as the lead archivist ...