NEW DELHI (ANI) – Renowned folk singer Sharda Sinha, affectionately known as the ‘Bihar Kokila,’ passed away on November 5 at the age of 72 after battling cancer. A prominent figure since the 1970s, ...
Folk music might have reached its peak mainstream popularity in the 1960s, but without the groundwork laid by the music of the 1940s, the folk revival in musical hubs like New York City in the 60s ...
Robert Gordon's transporting film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting performances of timeless power. The movie presents a far richer, more wide-ranging and ...
Festival season is still in full swing, and this month one of Richmond’s most beloved institutions, the Richmond Folk Festival, returns for three days of music at Brown’s Island. It’s one of the best ...
The Chhattisgarh government has declared the recently released Chhattisgarhi film ‘Balidani Raja Guru Balakdas’, based on the life of Satnami sect leader Raja Guru Balakdas, tax-free in the state. The ...
Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Sept. 26-Oct 2. Assigning firm definitions to genres of music in 2025 is like ...
With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...
Hickerson helped co-wrote two additional verses of the Pete Seeger folk classic "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" By Gil Kaufman Joe Hickerson, a singer-songwriter who served as the lead archivist ...
Waxahatchee covered This Is Lorelei’s “Where’s Your Love Now” at a Newport Folk Festival aftershow party last week – and you can now watch a clip of that performance. Curated by producer Brad Cook, ...
The legendary festival, where Bob Dylan went electric and so much more, is the subject of Newport & the Great Folk Dream featuring previously unreleased footage One of the Mangold film’s antagonists, ...
Rabbitology is the nom de plume of Nat Timmerman, a University of Michigan student who has spent the past two years meticulously crafting a lush, evocative world of eerie occult-horror folk. Following ...
Folk horror is having a renaissance. Last year, both The Vourdalak and The Devil’s Bath ranked on my Top 10 international horror movies of the year list. They’re both incredible, and I’m naturally ...