Music has long been a universal experience across cultures, and many of the sounds that swept the world were first played in ...

Merri Bar’s May is stacked from top to bottom, with live music every weekend, trivia every Tuesday from 7.30pm, and open mic nights on 14 and 28 May. Saturday evening sets and Sunday afternoon ...

Reno and Lake Tahoe have been a magnet for country music acts for decades, and the lineup of big-name performers and up-and-coming artists continues in that tradition to kick off the New Year. From ...

Black country, folk and blues musicians have always been vital to the genres' very American, very long legacies. The all-powerful Beyoncé, with her latest album, "Cowboy Carter," has shined a sharp ...

Connecting the threads of culture and music takes a full year of planning and a big dose of what folklorist Rachel Reynolds calls “magical pragmatism.” That force was hard at work as Reynolds planned ...

There’s no denying that Led Zeppelin, despite being a very British rock group, had some roots in folk, blues, and Appalachian music. While still part of The Yardbirds, Jimmy Page was quite invested in ...

For more than six decades, the University of Chicago Folk Festival has brought together an array of musicians and performers from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds—all united through a love for ...

“Syracuse Playlist” is a monthly feature on syracuse.com highlighting music from local artists. If you’re a Syracuse-area musician, email gherbert@syracuse.com to share your music, including your ...

There’s music in the air across Macon Saturday with not one but two free outdoor events: the first-ever All Blues Music and Arts Revival and the 20th Jazz and Arts on Riverdale. Music starts at 1 p.m.

The Tucson Folk Festival is bringing back some familiar names and reintroducing us to musicians we haven’t seen in far too long as it celebrates the 40th event this weekend. It’s also introducing the ...

If an eye toward trends prevents a full immersion into folk tradition, how popular can folk music truly become?