Cellist Denise Djokic has recorded a warm and wonderful CD called Folk Lore. Djokic's music is inspired by folk songs such as Tarantella, an Italian folk dance that inspired Stravinsky. Tom Manoff has ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The gilded walls of the Landmark Theatre turned green Wednesday night as punk veterans Flogging Molly filled the charming venue with raucous music and a rowdy crowd. The ...

From Andean folk celebrations to circus-infused classics, local stages are offering a diverse slate of classical and ...

Great lyrics are great lyrics, it doesn’t matter what genre of music you put them in. As long as they are true, poetically sound, and rhythmically catchy, great lyrics are going to shine no matter ...

Banjo player, folk music aficionado and actor/comedian Billy Connolly once described The Dubliners as “folk music’s Rolling Stones”. If that’s the case, then The Pogues were its Sex Pistols: ...

The title shares its name with a pond in southwest London where the band formed. After a seven-year break between albums and a solo offering (Self-Titled) from singer Marcus Mumford, the group teamed ...

Making a rare U.S. appearance, the legendary Scottish folksinger Bert Jansch played an excellent set at the Empty Bottle on Friday night as part of “Three Million Tongues,” a festival highlighting ...

In 1966, folk duo Simon & Garfunkel — made up of musicians Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel — released the song "A Hazy Shade of Winter" as a stand-alone single, where it peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard ...

Even though most would argue that folk music really had its heyday in the 1960s, the 1970s also brought a seriously compelling slate of folksy tunes. Especially early in the decade, releases from ...

Over 50 years after its release, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is still considered one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history. However, the tune's legendary status owes much to the ...

Willie Watson was brave enough to call himself a folk singer back before the title was "cool," he said. And now, 20 years into his career, the founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show stayed true to ...