It was around then that the London folk scene saw the rise of other traditional artists such as Laura Marling and Noah and the Whale. In 2008, the band played their first Glastonbury Festival and ...

Amanda Pascali preserves and reimagines Sicilian folk music, translating it for a modern audience. Through her bilingual ...

Holger Cahill in his landmark 1932 exhibition American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, for the Museum of Modern Art, looked to the pre-industrial past for “the simple and unaffected ...

The increasing trend of modern tunes is becoming a great threat to folk music with the passage of time. According to musicians, with the rapidly moving world venturing into the vistas of ultramodern ...

Read about the traditonal instruments of Wales, the history of the music, and the modern artists influenced by Wales' heritage. What are these? All the latest folk highlights, news and reviews on ...