Sixty-one years ago today, a British Band changed the face of popular music with an arrangement of a traditional American folk song.

British folk music had a golden era in the 1960s and early '70s. But in certain musical circles lately, it's been experiencing a renaissance. Spin magazine writer and critic Will Hermes takes a ...

Fat Possum After multiple albums of traditional-sounding, acoustic-guitar-based folk music, The Weather Station (Tamara Lindeman) switched things up for last year’s sophisti-pop-leaning Ignorance.

Perhaps there’s a vague awareness that the folk music of the southeastern United States is directly descended from the traditional songs of the British have-nots who migrated to the area.

From the highbrow to the homespun, we round up 10 summer festivals, exhibitions and performances that capture that ...

Renowned folk singer Bob Fox is set to perform at Grayshott Village Hall on Saturday, September 20, offering an evening of ...

Seminal British folk rockers Fairport Convention are heading out on their Autumn 2025 UK Tour next month, and will be ...

A conversation with music from The Decemberists and British singer Olivia Chaney. Their new project, Offa Rex both honors and rocks the British folk music tradition.

Singer Olivia Chaney might specialize in traditional British folk music, but she isn't too keen on being labeled a "traditionalist." It's much too stodgy a term for someone with a background in ...

Considered by some as British folk music's finest ambassadors, Brian Peters, who will appear at the uNi Coffeehouse in Springfield on Saturday, is a performer of traditional folk music who ...