Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. And the nominees were announced as part of the 38th annual International Folk Music Awards slate, which will be presented at the ...

Modern folk music often echoes the past. Looking at the words “modern” and “folk” side by side feels oppositional. We think of technology as being modern, but old instruments are a kind of technology, ...

The title shares its name with a pond in southwest London where the band formed. After a seven-year break between albums and a solo offering (Self-Titled) from singer Marcus Mumford, the group teamed ...

Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

In the dozen years that the Milk Carton Kids have played their modern folk music in towns and cities around the world, the folk festivals always felt best to singer-guitarists Joey Ryan and Kenneth ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The seeds of the Ukrainian band Yа́gody were planted long before their official formation bore fruit. The group’s origins stretch back to 2010, when actor Mykola Huseynov proposed ...

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

As a music historian, I’ve always respected one decision of Dylan’s in particular—one that kicked off the young artist’s most turbulent and significant period of creative activity. Sixty years ago, on ...

The Folk Alliance International (FAI)'s 2026 Artist of the Year Award is one of the folk world’s standout recognitions. Sponsored by the Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame, the award honors musicians ...