The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed ...

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 ...

These days, it seems like folk-country is all the rage. While, of course, Zach Bryan blew the entire subgenre into the stratosphere with his meteoric rise over the past five years, there have been ple ...

Mipso guitarist Joseph Terrell's new protest folk song is a biting indictment of ICE and the killing of Renée Good. It has ...

The set-up for a typical Jesse Welles video is simple: the 32-year-old stands in an open field under a string of powerlines, clutching an acoustic guitar. From behind a tousled, curly mop of hair, he ...

To Walker, folk is “storytelling of communal and/or cultural struggle.” Or cultural experience. He looked back at Black American spirituals and noted their chord progressions. “It’s literally OG folk ...

Every Sunday evening on NHPR, Kate McNally brings three hours of folk music, in-studio performances and artist interviews to New Hampshire’s airwaves. This year marks Kate's 30th anniversary hosting ...

Folk Alliance International returns to New Orleans Jan. 21-25 for its annual conference, which is one of the largest gatherings for the folk community. There will be panels, keynote addresses, ...

Crys Matthews won song of the year for "Sleeves Up." ...

A new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of a pivotal moment in folk music history taps into a revival of interest in Bob Dylan thanks to recent biopic "A Complete Unknown", which starred ...

A music festival in St. Paul is scheduled for later this summer, promising a weekend of entertainment for country music ...