The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

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 American fingerstyle guitarist blended ... “When The Catfish Is In Bloom” is a stunning piece of freak folk history from start to finish. The song oscillates from a symphony to Gregorian ...

but he’s mostly known for recasting traditional American folk songs into vibrant contemporary soundscapes. He spoke to NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Tom Casciato about his Vermont ...

Folk music exists all around the world. For example there's English folk music, Scottish folk music, American folk music ... These were folk songs which told a story of love or myths.

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Their songs are melodies for the masses filling ... the margins of society Inspired by depressionera recordings of early American folk songs filmmaker Shelley Saywell and singer and activist ...

The American singer-songwriter ... member of Nashville's music scene and his songs were recorded by a number of country and folk stars. In the early 1980s, he formed a rock band called The X ...

A fan of folk songs from the Zhuang ethnic group livestreams her performance in a park in Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Aug 25. [Photo/Xinhua] NANNING — For thousands of years ...