RTÉ has today announced the shortlist for the 7th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards, celebrating the very best in folk music in Ireland from the past year - view the shortlist in full below. The winners ...

Over the years, more than a dozen authors have written books about the life and music of Joni Mitchell. Yet, no one before Henry Alford thought to begin their tale with a story as tellingly arcane ...

The decision to cancel a folk festival in its 60th anniversary year has been described as "surprising" and "disappointing" by fans and musicians. Cambridge City Council, the organisers of the ...

Theyyam: Indian Folk Ritual Theatre, An Insider’s Vision by K.K. Gopalakrishnan seeks to bridge this gap. It vividly maps the Theyyam landscape, defining its characters, rituals, stories, and art ...

The Cambridge Folk Festival, the world-famous, four-day folk and roots music festival held annually on the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cambridge since 1965, will not take place in 2025 and will ...

The 2025 Cambridge Folk Festival has been cancelled, organisers announced on Friday (January 17). The four-day event, organised by Cambridge City Council, has been running since 1965. The festival ...

"We know how dear the folk festival is to so many, and the impact it has on all those working in the music industry," said Cambridge City Council One of the oldest and most prestigious folk ...

To learn more about Mimitsu’s role in maritime trade, head over to the Hyuga City Folk and History Museum ... it’s said that your wish will come true. Amaterasu the Sun Goddess sought refuge in this ...

But organizers Scott Gilmore and Sarah Vitort—best known for the music that they make as Fox & Bones—are thoughtfully and wonderfully stretching the definition of folk to include everything ...

The North Dakota Museum of Art presents Women at War ... The Historic Grand Forks Metropolitan Opera House In this excerpt, folk musician and storyteller Tom Brosseau transports listeners back in time ...

In it, Seeger comes off as a dust-covered relic of folk music history, an obstacle to Dylan’s fame, even as it was Seeger who opened the door for him. Seeger, himself, became a celebrity as a ...