The unsung Manganiyar and Langa musical heroes are all set to dazzle at the Mick Jagger-backed Jodhpur RIFF roots music festival from October 2 to 6 this year. Backed by a gritty oral narrative passed ...

Danny Thompson, a founding member of British folk rock band Pentangle, has died at the age of 86. The legendary folk rock bass player is known for his work with music luminaries like Kate Bush, John ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Sept. 26-Oct 2. Assigning firm definitions to genres of music in 2025 is like ...

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Tens of thousands of people from across the Balkans poured into the streets of Sarajevo on Monday to bid farewell to Halid Beslic, a Bosnian folk singer whose music ...

At his Academy of Mexican Folk Dance, Sergio Martinez teaches traditional dancing as he works to preserve Mexican culture.

The gentle strum of guitars, the harmony of crowds singing in unison and the thunder of feet stomping were heard at the Champaign-Urbana Folk and Roots Festival, which ran Thursday through Saturday in ...

Whether you’re a professional musician or you only sing show tunes in the shower, these funny music jokes will hit just the right note Who doesn’t love music? Who doesn’t love jokes? OK, so apparently ...

The story of St. Bernadette and Lourdes is coming to movie theaters this weekend in a wholly different and especially moving way as Bernadette of Lourdes, the Musical. In Italy this musical was named ...

Back in 2020, folk musician Jake Blount launched into national awareness with the release of his debut album, “Spider Tales.” The project was, by some measures, a conventional interpretation of ...

Emily Pennington remembers exactly when she fell for Oliver Franklin. “It was one of our first dates, and Oliver sang David Bowie’s ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide’ to my dog,” she recalls while sitting beside ...

If the frenzy of hopping between gigs headlined by Coldplay or Diljit Dosanjh has left you drained, picture instead a festival that blends ancient music forms with contemporary influences, bringing ...

Darius Rucker’s “Wagon Wheel” is one of the most recognizable country songs of the 21st century. It earned him a Grammy, topped the country charts and helped solidify his solo career after Hootie & ...