At the Newport Folk Festival last summer, Jesse Welles was everywhere. The songwriter from Arkansas played his own hotly tipped set and made guest appearances with Margo Price, Lukas Nelson, and more.

Karly B. is a music news journalist at Collider, specializing in the Western and Asian music industries. With a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Media and Web Technology, she has dedicated part ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...

Bhogi mornings are not loud in the way other festivals are. They begin softly. Cold air, smoke rising from old fires, the smell of burning wood and sugarcane somewhere nearby. And in many homes, ...

Lohri, celebrated every year on January 13, is one of the most vibrant winter festivals in North India. It is most popular in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh, where people gather around a ...

The 1970s produced countless folk musicians. Some earned fame while others remained underground heroes. Given the genre’s rich and robust history, particularly in this decade, it’s impossible to know ...

Ireland has thousands of folk songs, some of which are known all over the world. They often sing about history, Irish heroes, and the fight for independence. Ciaran is a comedian based in West Belfast ...

Billboard ranks every song off Nas & DJ Premier's highly anticipated collab album 'Light-Years' By Angel Diaz Those of us old enough to be alive in 1994 when Illmatic dropped have been waiting for Nas ...

Leading Black musicians in the Pacific Northwest create new traditions on Juneteenth. Songs of Black Folk, a new musical tradition, brings together the largest gathering of Black musical talent on a ...

Songs of Black Folk unites top Black musical talent on one Pacific Northwest stage, launching a powerful new tradition and era for Black artists against the meaningful backdrop of Juneteenth.

It’s proof that folk music’s magic never fades, we bring to you five folk songs that continue to tug at the heart and connect across generations. Folk music has a soul that bridges generations, and ...