While teaching post-colonial literature, Amrit Sufi began to wonder why she had lost touch with her mother tongue, Angika.

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”.

From the blissfully ignorant months before the pandemic to Brat Summer, here are the greatest songs that moved culture, coined genres, and are still stuck in our heads.

Hiding somewhere between psychedelic rock and folk music, freak folk is an oft-overlooked genre of the 1960s and 1970s that we believe is worth revisiting. Freak folk was certainly a byproduct of ...

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 ...

Frøya duo is coming with a performance that suits all generations! Bring some children or some adults and enjoy a show that ...

The folk musician was a musical maverick, a bitingly honest songwriter, and one of the most brilliant acoustic guitarists of his generation. John Martyn’s best songs had an intensity and raw ...

Walk a mile in other cultures' shoes at the Albuquerque Folk Festival. Hosted at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Albuquerque Folk Festival is the culmination and celebration of folk culture ...

Flora Luna, Alpha Toshineza and Suzanne Kennelly each make their own kind of music, but Saturday, they’ll each perform a song ...

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.

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 ...

Noted Rajasthani folk singer Mangey Khan ... The musician is survived by his wife and three children. Known for songs such as 'Bole To Mitho Lage', 'Amrano', 'Ranaji' and 'Pir Jalani' with ...