“We’re a vibrant part of the Charlotte scene and community, our mission is to promote traditional folk music, which is native ...

In the Mountain Strings, Celtic and American Ensembles, BYU students explore various types of music from around the world, from Ireland and Scotland to Russia and Macedonia.

After a seven-year gap from producing a full-length album, British folk-rock band Mumford & Sons has returned to the music ...

I'm on a brick patio at Northfield, a popular café in Kathmandu, Nepal, strumming “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” on my guitar alongside Les Thompson, a founding member of the pioneering SoCal folk and ...

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, the Fiddle is putting together a weekend of music that begins April 11 and continues from noon to 10 p.m. April 12.

Be it the energetic beats of Rajasthan, the soulful tunes of Bengal, or the devotional songs of Maharashtra, folk music brings people together. And here we mention 6 unique instruments used in ...

The ornately decorated fiddle belonged to the dance master who taught Robert Burns. At Carnegie, it will cap “Scotland’s ...

From the Swiss Alps to the Wisconsin hills, this group of musicians is keeping the rare art of the alphorn alive.

“The ‘Godfather of freak folk ... Music.” Hurley’s talents were manifold — he designed and illustrated most of his charming hand-drawn album art, and learned a diversity of instruments ...

Great lyrics are great lyrics, it doesn’t matter what genre of music ... what instruments are being played. Even when you are talking about the sonically contrasting genres of folk and classic ...