Plans to rename a small Welsh community ‘Pig Village’ have caused a stink amongst locals. For at least a century, the serene village has been known as Northop Hall after a nearby 13th century ...

“I kind of feel like I never grew up,” Geslison said. Students play both centuries old tunes and contemporary folk music. This includes bluegrass, Texas swing, melodies from the British Isles ...

Anna Massie with the very best of folk and roots music from Scotland and beyond.

The Philadelphia Folk Festival will return to the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford for its 62nd edition Aug. 15-17. This year’s lineup will feature headlining singer-songwriters John Gorka and Sonia ...

At the picturesque Hahoe Folk Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, authorities deployed retardant and other measures in a desperate attempt to save its thatch-roof buildings nestled on a bend in ...

Padma Shri Ram Sahay Pandey, a legendary figure in Rai folk dance, passed away at 92 after a prolonged illness. He died in a private hospital in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. His final rites will be held in ...

The main program for the 2025 Viljandi Folk Music Festival "Off the Ground!" has been announced. This year's lineup features 11 international artists, 36 Estonian performers, and 3 collaborative ...

TACLOBAN CITY, LEYTE, Philippines — It was a blatant disrespect to the memory of the thousands of people who died in the 1987 collision between the MV Doña Paz and oil tanker MT Vector ...

But after failing to meet this deadline, Burnside Village management has revealed they have been forced to push back the opening date to May 29. The Burnside Village chief executive Gregg Downer ...

The biggest Folk albums of the month (defined in partnership with English Folk Expo) by British and Irish artists, based on sales in the UK of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other formats, plus streams.

Michael Hurley, the singer-songwriter who emerged from the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s and became an influential outsider artist, has died. He was 83. In addition to releasing over ...

Folk music pioneer Michael Hurley, known as the "Godfather of freak folk," has died. He was 83. The singer's family shared news of his death on Thursday in a statement posted by Hurley's record ...