The lira calabrese is one of the most distinctive ... It accompanied traditional dances such as the tarantella, a fast-paced and rhythmic couple’s dance that still thrives in Calabrian folk culture ...

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.

Louisiana Folk Roots is offering Cajun and Zydeco music camps for children ages 8-14 this summer. Camps will be in Eunice, Lafayette and Opelousas throughout June and July. Camp activities include ...

Folk is making a comeback. In music, film, dance—and now, even the visual arts. Stroud, where a handful of grassroots art galleries have opened in recent years, is one of the British epicentres ...

Columbus Collective Museums is hosting the inaugural Crossroads Folk Art Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Rose Hill Park, 3300 Hamilton Road. Organizers promise an eclectic celebration ...

Carolyn Hester was trying to become a folk singer. "She would later move to Greenwich Village and make a bit of a name for herself. A few years ago, I recalled Carolyn’s great voice, and located ...

Everybody knows (and some old heads remember) the psychedelic folk music movement of the 1960s. It was an astounding, sudden, and incredible change in music. The age of classic rock and roll had ...

That’s perfectly fair, considering how much work those big names released in the folk music’s heyday and how deeply they have influenced iterations and evolutions of folk that followed.

Deborah Eileen (Alokones) Calabrese, 58, of Torrington, died peacefully on Monday, April 21, 2025 in the arms of her husband, Salvatore Michael Calabrese. After a three year long battle with ...

By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of English folk music and maybe thoughts come to mind of villagers lamenting lost loves or sailors bellowing tales of adventure at sea. But when the ...

This story has been updated to add new information. The New Jersey Folk Festival, scheduled for Saturday, April 26, was postponed on Thursday, April 24, due to the "severe weather forecasts." ...