Bitch, devil’s fiddle, some traditional Polish folk instruments may have brow-raising names, but all of them have a unique and fascinating sound which lends Polish folk its inimitable cachet. Ligawka ...

A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

2. “Going Down To Mississippi” by Phil Ochs Phil Ochs knew his way around political protest songs in the 1960s, the most well-known being the 1965 folk song “Going Down To Mississippi”.

The biggest Folk albums of the month (defined in partnership with English Folk Expo) by British and Irish artists, based on sales in the UK of downloads, CDs, vinyl and other formats, plus streams.

Be it the folk dances that involve jumping through Bamboos, or the folk art that adorns people’s clothes, or even the beautiful designs that are made on the walls and entrances of houses ...

Playing with Murrough O’Kane, Aoibheann Uí Dhoibhlinn and Déaglán Ó Doibhlinn.

The Kentucky Folk Art Center (KFAC) is one of Kentucky's unique places. The center houses a permanent collection of nearly 1,400 pieces of regional folk art. The works displayed portray the culture ...

Thousands of music fans have descended on Shrewsbury Folk Festival over the bank holiday weekend. Crowds of people flocked to the popular four-day event at the West Mid Showground, which kicked ...

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Some things about the North Carolina Folk Festival remain unchanged — the three-day music mashup in downtown Greensboro still is still free — but there are changes and additions this year.

Folk music is traditional music that belongs to a particular culture or group of people. Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created by ordinary people within a ...