“This is not for women only,” Estelle Freedman, professor emeritus of history, said of feminist studies. “This is the study of sexual inequality and distinctions about gender, so we called it feminist ...

When we think of the folk revival scene of the 1960s, we often look to Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and even Woody Guthrie’s storied career. However, there were incredible female folk singers who ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In a clipped Nordic accent, Swedish indie folk singer Sarah Klang politely asked the soundboard operator at Nashville's Blue Room to turn up her microphone. The request, made ...

Sophie Straat is reviving a style of music once popular in the working-class bars of Amsterdam to protest an increasingly expensive and homogenized city. By Thomas Rogers Reporting from Amsterdam On a ...

Bob Dylan this, Bob Dylan that. There's been a lot of talk about Bob Dylan lately. In the below list, we're running down 10 Folk Acts That Deserve More Respect. Without these people – and frankly this ...

The nominations for the 2025 International Folk Music Awards have been announced, with such names as Allison Russell, Sarah Jarosz, Sierra Ferrell, Nick Lowe and Aoife O’Donovan on the list of ...

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 ...

In a clipped Nordic accent, Swedish indie folk singer Sarah Klang politely asked the soundboard operator at Nashville’s Blue Room to turn up her microphone. The request, made recently during a rare ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- In a clipped Nordic accent, Swedish indie folk singer Sarah Klang politely asked the soundboard operator at Nashville's Blue Room to turn up her microphone. The request, made ...