With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...

Taylor Swift has been on quite a journey in recent years -- going goth on "Reputation," pivoting to loved-up sugary pop on "Lover," and finding her political voice in between -- but her newest, ...

A folk record unlike any other released this year has quietly risen to the top of the list for critics. Forefowk, Mind Me, the third album by Scottish artist Quinie, was recently named the best folk ...

Crys Matthews won song of the year for "Sleeves Up." ...

In retrospect, the 2010s were an underrated time for music. Pop was at its peak, garage rock was in full swing, and indie folk revival had put a modern spin on a classic genre. Let’s look at just a ...

The golden era of folk music has been left in the 20th century. But that doesn’t mean new evolutions of the genre aren’t still keeping things alive today. In fact, in the 2020s, there was quite a ...

Bob Dylan earns his fortieth career hit on Billboard's Americana/Folk Albums chart as Mixing Up The Medicine / A Retrospective debuts. April 1965: American electric folk hero Bob Dylan (born Robert ...

A University of California Santa Cruz alumna won a Grammy for "Best Folk Album." Gillian Welch, along with her partner David Rawlings, won for their album "Woodland" at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards ...