CHRISTIE BURNSHometown: Cinnaminson, N.J.Age: 32.Education: Ethnomusicology degree from UCLA, master's degree in folk music from Western Kentucky.Vocation: Director ...

Folk music has a reputation for being serious. Too serious. Overly serious. Of course, sometimes it can be fun to learn a lesson from a song. But then there are other times when your brain feels full ...

A two-time Grammy nominee, Canadian-born international star Loreena McKennitt is a much-awarded singer and musician. At a harp or a grand piano, with her long, flowing strawberry hair and an ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Juan, Miguel, Antonio, Carlos, Lilia and ...

Performers from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and musical styles captured the hearts of Lowell Folk Festival attendees on Saturday. Fun could be found in every corner of the festival grounds.

Sam Amidon mines the ‘intensity & strangeness’ of tradition to make music uniquely his own Sam Amidon is a singer-songwriter on the fiddle, banjo, and guitar, but he’s mostly known for recasting ...

Bould O’Donoghue is an old Irish song about a young Irish lad unparalleled in the arts of seduction. After breaking the ...

Global icon Priyanka Chopra reconnected with her Punjabi roots as she shared a happy and fun video of herself singing the traditional folk song "Kali Teri Choti Paranda Tera Laal Ni" on her social ...