Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s recording of Jerry Jeff Walker’s “Mr. Bojangles” was a hit back in 1970. The group came together in the late 1960s, but their 1970s albums like The Dirt Band and Will The ...

Folk music has evolved and changed through the years, but it’s never really gone away. While there are a few stellar folk acts out there in the modern world today, you just can’t beat the classics.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Einar Selvik founded Wardruna in 2003, they effectively existed in a scene of one. While by no means the first band to ...

Emily Pennington remembers exactly when she fell for Oliver Franklin. “It was one of our first dates, and Oliver sang David Bowie’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’ to my dog,” she recalls while sitting beside ...

After a seven-year gap from producing a full-length album, British folk-rock band Mumford & Sons has returned to the music scene. The group’s homecoming is marked by the Friday release of its fifth ...

In returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be. Dom Flemons at the nightclub ...

For more than six decades, the University of Chicago Folk Festival has brought together an array of musicians and performers from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds—all united through a love for ...

LIMA — Fans of folk music should get excited for 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, as the band Violet Vinyl will be playing at Lima’s Social House, 205 S. Central Ave. The band is based out of Findlay. It ...

Join Mumford & Sons at Folsom Field Colorado this summer for an unforgettable night of inspiring performances and sing-alongs ...

The Velour Battle of the Bands is one of the most prestigious Utah music competitions, with previous winners including Imagine Dragons, Neon Trees, The Aces and The Backseat Lovers. “I love Velour," ...