Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and ...

SHREVEPORT, La. — With the 2026 Mardi Gras season over, one local business is giving leftover beads and throws a second life — with a sweet reward attached. Happy Belly's Italian Ice Factory on Youree ...

TRAVERSE CITY — When Alla Boara plays The Alluvion in Traverse City on Feb. 21, the Ohio ensemble will unfurl a unique melding of Italian folk songs that may be a century old with additional ...

Robert Costa is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and chief Washington analyst for CBS News. The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music – songs of the Great ...

A new music festival in St. Paul has been announced for later this summer, promising a weekend of entertainment for country, folk, and roots and Americana music lovers. Details about the festival are ...

The last time Folk Alliance International hosted its annual conference in New Orleans, in January 2020 just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the event brought out more than 3,000 people, including ...

The Newport Festivals Foundation's mission is to provide hope through music and community via its folk and jazz festivals. Rising production costs and cuts in arts funding are significant challenges ...

Formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, circa 1999, the Steep Canyon Rangers base their neo-bluegrass music on 20th-century masters of the genre such as Flatt and Scruggs, Bill Monroe and the Stanley ...

Brian Turk, a 47-year-old bassist, understands how folk music might seem irrelevant today, especially in comparison to its explosion in the ‘50s and ‘60s. But he’s adamant this unique American art ...

In the bustling Folk Arts Rare Records shop in City Heights, owner Brendan Boyle is flipping through a cardboard box of records. "There's really important blues ...

The Holiday Folk Fair International, now in its 82nd year, ends Sunday. The fair celebrates the cultural heritage of people who live in southeast Wisconsin. This year's theme centers on traditional ...