In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating the spirit and relevance of the protest song, spreading messages on such ...

Music can help salve the tremendous weight of grief. This idea can be heard on Wakelight’s new three-song EP, “As Long as It Takes,” which was released in January. The album comments on the cyclical ...

America fans rejoice as new 2026 tour dates are officially announced.

It’s an inaccurate science to try to define music by category and genre. Artists rail against it, critics endeavour to nail it down into the simplest terms, the most convenient definitions and snappy ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed ...

Indie-folk group The 502s will bring their “Nonsense All Night Shows” to the stage at 8:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 23, at Belly Up Aspen, following their debut performance at the venue last year.  Dubbed ...

Hiding somewhere between psychedelic rock and folk music, freak folk is an oft-overlooked genre of the 1960s and 1970s that we believe is worth revisiting. Freak folk was certainly a byproduct of the ...

Five young men from various places around the country, who loved rock ‘n’ roll and various other styles, all ended up in Boston for college. Through informal, unplanned social gatherings, jam sessions ...

East Coast folk sounds are headed to west-central Saskatchewan this spring as the Kindersley & District Arts Council prepares ...