In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating the spirit and relevance of the protest song, spreading messages on such ...

We believe that the traditions and practices embedded in these three folk songs have profoundly changed how we view lyrics.

Flannels and an attitude—Those are the two surface-level similarities between grunge rock and the folk music movement. However, what they don’t have in common, at least extensively, is their sound, ...

Joe Hickerson, a beloved archivist at the Library of Congress, died last week in Portland, Oregon. He was 89. For more than three decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music. NPR ...

A self-taught musician, Elizabeth Cotten changed American folk music. The twice-nominated folk musician, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten won her first Grammy at 90 years old. Fiercely proud of her North ...

Woody Guthrie fans will soon get new music from the revolutionary folk singer 58 years after his death. Guthrie’s estate and Shamus Records will release “Woody at Home, Vol. 1 and 2″ on Thursday, Aug.