The way the dancers’ gracefully sway their arms toward the sky when performing the Carinosa is similar to Spanish dance movements, but Lake Club’s Maria Cora Gaffar said the folk dance was ...

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.

Folk-rock’s finest songwriter, evolved out of our melody-fixated sphere, now inhabits a deeper plane. Ours is just to love what he’s done with the place. True, from his occasional croaks and ...

At its heart, this is the sound of archetypal folk-rock in its most mature form, sourced from the varied origins attributed on the back cover of the enclosed twelve-page booklet. But the deceptively ...

Mark Radcliffe explores the wide range of traditional and contemporary folk and acoustic music from around the UK and the world, with regular interviews and live sessions.

Regardless of the argument for and against ‘elevated’ horror, it is interesting to note that two of the most acclaimed movies from this period fell into the folk horror subgenre – The VVitch and ...

There's something uniquely unsettling about folk horror. While modern scary movies might make you jump with sudden scares and gore, these ancient tales tap into something deeper — primal fears ...

I recently attended an Apec meeting in Arequipa, Peru, where the guests were treated to a splendid cultural performance showcasing Peruvian folk songs and dances. I couldn’t help noticing how some of ...

On the day the crew was having coffee, Enscoe was on tour in Alaska, with the folk trio Bandits on the Run. “Folk music has always had a big storytelling bent to it,” he will tell me later ...

The chart visualizes two recordings of the English folk song “Scarborough Fair”—one sung, one spoken—by Patrick Savage, a study author and participant. The song unfolds at around half the ...