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Chelsea Burton is a reporter with the Community News Service, part of the University of Vermont’s Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program. In the home of Rik Palieri, a country-roots and folk ...

The Board of Directors of the Old Town School of Folk Music has named highly regarded music and performing arts leader Welz Kauffman as its next Executive Director and CEO. Kauffman's appointment ...

Bluegrass is a fascinating genre rooted in both American and European folk music. This form of country music developed in Appalachia with distinct influences from Scottish and Irish traditional music, ...

Michael Stock has been hosting “Folk & Acoustic Music” on WLRN, South Florida Public Radio for over 30 years. Michael was introduced to folk music back in high school when a teacher at Miami Beach ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. The term “old soul” is brutally overused. But what else do you call a 20-year-old ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The seeds of the Ukrainian band Yа́gody were planted long before their official formation bore fruit. The group’s origins stretch back to 2010, when actor Mykola Huseynov proposed ...

Valerie June (in red) performs with Thao, Rachael Davis, and Yasmin Williams. Credit: Andrew Rogers The Reader is free. Producing it isn’t. And without your support, we can't continue. So we need you ...

The annual Train Song Festival is returning to Old Poway Park on Saturday with a line-up of six performances, including a sneak preview of “Hop on Board,” a new musical. The free event organized by ...

Washington State Univerity's Indie Folk is a unique art exhibition for many reasons, not the least of which is its original soundtrack of nine songs gallery-goers will be able to listen to. "I'm ...