Shirley MacFarland’s weekly community column featuring news and notes from Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and ...

Locals keep these Pennsylvania pierogi spots a secret, offering fresh, traditional recipes that outsiders almost never get to ...

During the first weekend of September, folk music fans from around Chicagoland and beyond dusted off their flannels, dug up merchandise from their local breweries, and donned their Carhartt overalls ...

PORTLAND, Maine — Onstage, Zak and Lena Kendall sing in steady harmony about the flood that left their hometown under 8 feet of water. It’s the sixth track on their new album, “All the Light in Autumn ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

On Friday, Oct. 17, Ella Langley released a new song called “Choosin’ Texas,” a track about Texans loyalty to their state. In the song, Langley tells a story about how she couldn’t keep her man, a ...

Regardless of technological advancements or changing music trends, folk music never seems to go out of style. This may have to do with roots music forming the DNA from which most music styles evolve.

Just before World War I, two music students meet in a bar. Both lovers of folk music, though studying at a classical conservatory, they fall in love almost immediately. After the war, the two men ...

Given the title, you’re probably asking yourself: What folk music came out during the 1980s? That is an entirely fair question, as the genre’s relevance took a nose-dive with the rise of synth-pop, ...

The 62nd Philadelphia Folk Festival comes to Montgomery County this weekend with a stacked lineup set to take over the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford Township. Following a special Thursday night ...

Villagers hush when Pakistani folk musician Sham Bhai starts singing about climate change, her clear voice rising above the simple squat dwellings. “We are the people of the south. The winds seem to ...