These four folk protest anthems are just a handful out of hundreds of incredible works that are still lifting spirits today.

But the violinist is known for… Folk legend Joan Baez reflects on a life in music and activism After six decades performing, folk legend Joan Baez is saying farewell to music with a tour this ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

Many saw them as wise individuals who knew legends, prayers and magical procedures. The contemporary Polish folk group Warsaw Village Band has made some great music using this instrument, the strings ...

Folk music in India is deeply intertwined with the country's diverse traditions, festivals and rituals, reflecting the essence of regional cultures. It preserves the stories, values and emotions of ...

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

For University of Delaware senior Alondra Gonzalez, an honors music education major from Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Mexican folk music has been a part of her life for as far back as she can remember, ...

October 4, 2024 • NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and Sheldon Pearce round up the most exciting albums out this Friday, and reflect on the history of instrumental music as protest. New Music Friday ...

Siberian music and dance is little known outside Russia ... includes footage of two key festivals, the Sakha Ysyakh and Buryat Altagarna, solo and ensemble performances and interviews with ...

Music aficionados call Malini Awasthi India’s folk queen. A ganda bandhan disciple of thumri maestro Girija Devi, Awasthi is ...

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Folk music is traditional music that belongs to a particular culture or group of people. Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created by ordinary people within a ...