Adam P. Newton recently became a father for the first time, so he has decided to explain the entirety of post-WWII Western pop music to his new daughter, “Fig”…one genre at a time. Hey there, Fig. For ...

Excelling at the art of making uncompromising folk music put Americana-beloved veteran duo The Milk Carton Kids in an unimaginably compromised position. The tandem of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan ...

Lou Barlow and John Davis of "The Folk Implosion." (Courtesy Michael Galinsky.) “There’s no telling what we’ll do when we’re free.” If a single line of lyric could tell a story, that line from The ...

In the dozen years that the Milk Carton Kids have played their modern folk music in towns and cities around the world, the folk festivals always felt best to singer-guitarists Joey Ryan and Kenneth ...

When traditional Cajun and Creole musicians take to the stage, one mark of their genius is how easy they make it look. Whether they are wielding an accordion, a fiddle, or some other folk instrument, ...

Lou Barlow and John Davis are the Folk Implosion, and they are releasing a new album of the music they made for Larry Clark and Harmony Korine’s 1995 film, Kids. The album, Music for Kids, is out ...

The flower-power era lives on this bright collection of popular folk tunes from the 1960s and early '70s performed by a cast primarily of child vocalists. The clear, earnest voices here seem wholly ...

Los Angeles is a city of background noise. No matter where you are, listen close and you'll probably hear the distant thrum of freeway traffic or the buzz of a passing helicopter. We're so used to it, ...

Joey Ryan hesitates when asked about the super-charged applause he and Kenneth Pattengale—together they’re The Milk Carton Kids—received after performing at high-profile events including the January ...

A seasoned musician, Arlo Guthrie is no stranger to the touring lifestyle. Like his father Woody Guthrie, Arlo is known for his folk music with a conscience. Following his sold-out Alice’s Restaurant ...

Stray Kids has left a powerful impression with their music video teaser for “DIVINE” transforming into the legendary figure ...