Robert Sylvain revives traditional Acadian ballads from his Mémère Thibodeau's notebook. Robert Sylvain brings to life the beauty of old Acadian ballads, playing and singing melodies passed down ...

v. 1. American originals, a heritage in song and story. The ballad of the Braswell boys -- Barb'ry Allen -- Behind the great wall -- The broken hearted boy -- Charles Guiteau -- Charming beauty bright ...

Some folk musicians serve as journalists, professors, and historians, capturing a moment of the past in song and creating an immortalized product that exists as a didactic piece of music for the world ...

After the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, that claimed 22 lives, many residents mourned through music. Singer-songwriter Josue Rodriguez helped his community cope by writing a corrido. After the mass ...

When Phillips Saylor Wisor steps onstage with his guitar and banjo at Frederick’s Sky Stage on Aug. 23, it will be with the same mix of grit, warmth and storytelling that has carried him through ...

CALAIS Elmer George did what most people did in the 1930s to earn a living: everything. He had been a farmer, logger, teamster and, in the depths of the Great Depression, was selling used cars in ...

It’s been a while since we had any new Tom Waits music, but he’s back with a new version of a very old song that is depressingly relevant for the world we’re in today. As reported by Pitchfork, the ...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, the retired educator and folklorist returns to the Folk School of Fayetteville with his daughter Sarah to share a collection of Ozark songs, this time focused on love ...