Serving as an ensemble in the Vernacular Music Center, the East African Quartet shares their music and culture to knit ...

Without these people – and frankly this is just the tip of the iceberg — its possible there may not have been a Dylan or a folk music movement at all. 1. The New Lost City Ramblers Entire ...

February 7, 2025 • The fingerstyle guitarist builds worlds with her music; at the Tiny Desk, Yasmin Williams invites us into hers.

Roots Music Report, a music chart for independent artists, listed it as the 22nd-best contemporary folk album and 54th-best overall folk album of 2024. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...

Naren Gurung, famed as the 'Nepali Geet ke Guru', receives the Padma Shri for his dedication to Sikkimese folk art. His efforts have revived the cultural practices of indigenous tribes.

Eric Omondi urged Kenyans to support local musicians, emphasising the need for 75% local content on media platforms Omondi acknowledged that Tanzanian music is thriving, while Kenyan music has ...

But organizers Scott Gilmore and Sarah Vitort—best known for the music that they make as Fox & Bones—are thoughtfully and wonderfully stretching the definition of folk to include everything ...

Amid flashier more popular genres of music and more lively acts – one of the most overlooked music today is folk music. Folk music is a traditional form of music that one could call the best ...

The Royal Opera House Muscat’s Folk Music Festival (ROHM) presented the Omani Folk Ensemble with guests from Bulgaria, South Korea, and India in a two-day performance. The 90-minute program was well ...

He was born and bred in the folk tradition, and that meant defying what he saw was wrong in the world. Although most outsiders’ views on folk music tended to be songs that sounded like safe country ...

A Ukrainian band is treating international audiences to their country's traditional folk music, spiced up with world music and some rap, with the stated aim of aiding the struggle against cultural ...