Jackson, Mississippi, will host the 82nd National Folk Festival for a three-year residency from 2025 to 2027. The free festival will take place in downtown Jackson across six stages from Friday, Nov.

The 2024 Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown introduced the history of the Newport Folk Festival to an entirely new generation of music fans. But recreations of the 1963, 1964, and 1965 festivals were ...

No music genre is particularly easy to define, but “indie folk” is about as nebulous as they come. In compiling our rankings here, we’ve defined its era as beginning in 1972 with Nick Drake’s seminal ...

Robert Gordon's transporting film draws on 100 hours of footage that has never been seen before, presenting performances of timeless power. The movie presents a far richer, more wide-ranging and ...

With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...

The Philadelphia Folk Festival returns next month to Old Pool Farm in Montgomery County for its 62nd year. The multi-day concert promises more than 75 acts performing on multiple stages. The event ...

The Jets have signed veteran placekicker Nick Folk. Folk, 40, previously played 7 seasons (2010-16) for the Green & White, appearing in 104 games. Over that span, he converted on 175-of-213 field-goal ...

What does the Newport Folk Festival mean in 2025? For some, it means speaking truth to power. At this year’s festival, there was certainly a dose of that (though perhaps less than one might think).

Dorothy Lee Fulkerson passed peacefully into the eternal kingdom of her beloved Savior Jesus Christ on June 23, 2025. Dorothy was born on October 9, 1931 in Cameron, Texas. She married Charles ...

Everybody knows (and some old heads remember) the psychedelic folk music movement of the 1960s. It was an astounding, sudden, and incredible change in music. The age of classic rock and roll had ...

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of ...