Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Folk and indie are genres that are incredibly difficult to define, but you'll know them when you hear them. Whether it's the ...

Though it's hard to pin down exactly how many covers are out there, the most popular in folk rock have generated thousands of ...

Folk ballads will likely never disappear, considering our dedication to preserving them and, if the 1960s are any indication, reviving them from history. A ton of rock musicians took old folk ballads ...

A 400-year-old folk song about a drowned cabin boy came with immigrants from the British Isles to the New World, evolved, and was passed down by oral tradition in Appalachia. It settled there in Poor ...