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 ...

Autumn. The days get colder, the nights get longer, and you really don’t want to do anything but drive up to your cabin in the woods and hibernate until the snowdrops start blooming. (You’ve got a ...

NPR Music's 2025 Tiny Desk Contest just wrapped up its nationwide tour with winner Ruby Ibarra, a rapper from the Bay Area. Meanwhile, our judges also discovered tons of great new musicians through ...

“Episode from the Greek War of Independence,” Eugene Delacroix, 1856. In the collection of the National Gallery of Greece. Public Domain Greek folk songs from the 1821 Revolution not only told the ...

Many people know this song from Simon & Garfunkel. However, it actually predates them by several centuries, with roots that go back to Medieval times. Its lyrics, referring to an old market fair in ...

The self-titled album of the musical group "American Patchwork Quartet" has been nominated for a Grammy for best folk album. The group approaches folk classics with musicians that reflect the ...

While not strictly limited to folk artists, the folk style has firm roots in music that came out of the 20th century from singer-songwriters working in folk scenes and elsewhere. Over the years, the ...

A side effect of the way we listen to music in the streaming era is that it's harder than ever for new stars to break through. Or it was until 2024, anyway. This year, it felt like a page turned, the ...

When I joined Pitchfork a couple months ago as its new editor, we got to work on what you’re reading now, the Best Songs of the 2020s So Far, our first big list of the year. On the surface, there’s ...

Arguably one of Bob Dylan’s greatest songs of his career, the 1963 song “Blowin’ In The Wind” is a notable Americana protest song. Not only is the song itself compositionally sound, but its lyrics ...