This year's Kouhaku Uta Gassen will be hosted by a dynamic quartet: Hiroyuki Ariyoshi, Mio Imada, Haruka Ayase, and announcer Naoko Suzuki. Each host brings their unique flair to the event: ...

The free, annual Tucson Folk Festival is back for its 41st year, and to help support this long-running event, its hosts, the ...

Frederic Weatherly wrote the lyrics to “Danny Boy” in 1910; years later, it was set to the Irish melody of “Londonderry Air”. The song was officially published in 1913, and since then, it has most ...

Folk music, above all else, aims to change the world. With every lyric, chord strum, and recording, the genre is attempting to shift the minds and perspectives of its audience. Folk music wants to ...

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In the streets of Los Angeles, in June, as the city clashed with ICE, the most visible symbol of the protest was the Mexican flag, the tricolor raised over the haze of tear gas and black smoke. Online ...

One of the best New York Jets players on the roster is pondering retirement. ESPN’s Rich Cimini revealed on Sunday, December 21, that placekicker Nick Folk “will talk it over with his family before ...

The Virginia Folk Music Association, Inc.was formed by Uncle Ed Silverman in 1947 to promote and preserve country music. A group of music lovers, then known as "Hillbillies" formed this independent ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I was once in the Irish town of Kilkenny on a Monday night, generally the quietest night for live music. Yet of the dozen pubs I chanced ...

Lohri, celebrated every year on January 13, is one of the most vibrant winter festivals in North India. It is most popular in ...