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 ...

Musician Nicole Singer, the organizer of Youth Traditional Song Weekend, which took place online this month due to the pandemic, is trying to bring young people and non-traditional audiences into folk ...

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.

Imagine being a singer — in this case, a singer of traditional British folk songs and murder ballads, songs of love, hate, revenge, redemption and tragedy. And as the singer of these songs, you get ...

Friday night, well-known mezzo-soprano Drea Pressley will play her new Celtic harp in her latest recital. At 7 p.m. in the final offering of the Unitarian Universalist Recital Series of 2024, Pressley ...

Listening to the radio in my brother in law’s car on one of my first visits to Turkey with my then girlfriend. A sound came ...