SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. — When multi-instrumentalists Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman go out into the world together, they look to the past for inspiration. Growing up on opposite coasts — Paxton in Los ...

INDIANOLA, MS ‒ On the stage at Club Ebony in the heart of the Mississippi Delta, blues artist Alphonso Sanders sings an original song called “Delta Sun,” dedicated to life in a hot and challenging ...

Carl “Buffalo” Nichols has the deep, methodical voice of a storyteller. He speaks in low, even tones that seem unhurried, even as his sentences amble forward invitingly—a trait reflected in the steady ...

Walker T Ryan is a Eugene blues, folk and Americana music staple who is nearing the conclusion of his six-show residency at the Houndstooth Public House. His residency travels through his entire ...

What sets my music apart from the rest: “I have mostly originals, some cover… and due to only being 16 years old I bring a fresh youthful sound to my music.” ...

Before Johnny Cash recorded “Rock Island Line,” before Pete Seeger sang about studying war no more, and before Nirvana did a harrowing version of “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” on MTV Unplugged, ...

To grasp the significance of what the twenty-first-century folksinger Rhiannon Giddens has been attempting, it is necessary to know about another North Carolina musician, Frank Johnson, who was born ...

For He Guofeng, a 50-year-old musician born and raised in Yulin, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, he was somewhat hurt by a netizen's comment labeling him a "layman of Shaanbei music", because he ...

Regardless of technological advancements or changing music trends, folk music never seems to go out of style. This may have to do with roots music forming the DNA from which most music styles evolve.