The lira calabrese is an ancient, traditional instrument of the Calabria region, with roots into the ancient times of Greece.

With less than two months until the 2025 Montana Folk Festival, organizers announced the remaining performers to join the previously released 14 artists coming to the Montana Folk Festival July 11-13.

The National Folk Festival, a free three-day event, will begin its three-year residency in Jackson, Mississippi, in November 2025. Six new artists have been added to the 2025 lineup, joining eight ...

In Saskatoon, the Kumintang Folk Dance Ensemble is bringing that heritage to life, one step at a time. “With the cultural dances, it’s a performance,” said Co-cultural director Maia Macatangay.

PORT TOWNSEND — The RainShadow Chorale will present “American Folk,” its spring concert, at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Both performances will be at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., Port ...

Andy Shauf was making a disco record. It was quite a curveball from the Canadian folk artist, whose music is often defined by its rich storytelling and warm acoustic guitars. “Then the pandemic ...

Like it or not, the phrase “folk-pop” can often put listeners to sleep. Cassandra Coleman isn’t having it: On the Tennessee songwriter’s debut single, “Coming of Age,” she proves that ...

(Courtesy of Minnesota Latino Museum) Alebrijes are larger-than-life Mexican folk sculptures, often made with paper and cardboard in a papier-mâché-like style, that depict imaginative creatures ...

For 30 years, Kate McNally has guided listeners through the past, present, and future of folk music every Sunday evening on The Folk Show. With her warm voice, encyclopedic knowledge, and deep ...

(Photo courtesy the band) “We have rock songs, we have folk songs, we have bluegrass songs and part of it is that we just wanted to be able to create an environment where we can express ...

The result was a folk-rock album composed in the style of hip-hop or dance music. The hardest part of long-distance music production is the lack of immediate feedback, Shauf says.