"Folk Music" Blogs & Blog Posts

Here's a topic I know almost nothing about, folk music from Estonia. But I'd like to know more. Luckily, there's this newfangled thing called the Internet, and on it, there's a seemingly unlimited amount of information speeding around on this superhi...

Feeling emotional? Or feeling nothing at all? I'd recommend an evening with the absolute bummer musical interpretations of Lankum. The Irish band is quickly becoming one of the most popular folk acts in the world, which I'm only all too happy to see.

What could be more true to the spirit of Christmas than standing in a crowded pub and singing Christmas carols? photo by Delaina Haslam Especially if the tunes are only to be heard in a few towns and villages near Sheffield, in South Yo...

In a fascinating post on BlueSky, @DagB tells a story about the mid-1960s Bob Dylan in two images. One is "1964 concert ads," showing various ads for Bob Dylan shows touting him as "THE FOLK POET OF OUR TIMES," "CROWN PRINCE OF FOLK MUSIC," "THE L...

According to The Folk Revival Project, this colorized film shows "Bascom Lamar Lunsford (fiddle and vocals) and three other musicians (guitar and banjo) performing a song called 'Doggett Gap,' recorded in Asheville, North Carolina on October 7th, 192...

To say Dee has been nothing but prolific with his solo career so far would be a severe understatement which is evident with his fourth offering, 'Old Scratch Comes To Appalachia'. As before he moves within the acoustic realm but he has really embrace...

On August 8th, the unmistakably unknown singer Oliver Anthony uploaded his original song “Rich Men North of Richmond” to YouTube, and as of Tuesday, the song sits atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The stripped-down Appalachian folk tune lamenting...