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 ...
Old Indian poems and folk songs are revealing a surprising truth about the land. Scientists found that descriptions of thorny trees and open grasslands in texts written as far back as the 1200s ...
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I grew up in the 1980s but in many ways it was more like the 1880s. We lived with my grandmother on the Northumbrian coast and the routine of our days echoed the routines of her youth, perhaps her ...
Carthy wears his considerable history lightly. His album was reflective without being nostalgic or complacent, building on a lifetime’s commitment to the performance and interpretation of traditional ...
The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...
On this day (October 22) in 1989, Ewan MacColl died in London’s Brompton Hospital after having heart surgery. He was 74 years old. Before his death, MacColl built a legacy as a playwright, union ...
SONGBIRD: Eighth-generation Madison County ballad singer Donna Ray Norton, pictured, says she hopes her work with touring music collective Nest of Singing Birds will bring attention to the local ...
Two weeks before embarking on his “Fifty years of Songs and Stories” tour, Steve Earle was performing onstage at Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry. After finishing a song, country star Vince Gill ...
Two weeks before embarking on his “Fifty years of Songs and Stories” tour, Steve Earle was performing onstage at Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry. After finishing a song, country star Vince Gill ...
Two weeks before embarking on his “50 years of Songs and Stories” tour, Steve Earle was performing onstage at Nashville’s famed Grand Ole Opry. After finishing a song, country star Vince Gill ...