"Somebody said that folk music is just songs about folks," says Lori McKenna. "It's just story songs. It's people's lives." By Tom Roland Country music in 2023 means the stadium-filling sound of Luke ...

Country, folk, and bluegrass music are a direct product of southern culture. That being said, the majority of bands and artists that fall under the umbrella of these genres are mainly from the ...

Chicago probably isn’t the first city that comes to mind when you think of country music. After all, Nashville calls itself the country music capital. And besides, isn’t Chicago too far north — and ...

This year, singer/songwriter albums ruled the kingdom. From January through December, the country, folk and Americana genres were producing some of the most arresting and moving projects. We’ve ...

Terry Klein’s fifth studio album, Hill Country Folk Music, offers a moving meditation on aging and memory in intimate and environmental terms. He knows he’s getting older. Youth has passed him by, and ...

"My songs spark a sincere love of music by universally touching hearts and souls," world-renowned country and folk artist Peter One says in a dressing room two hours before making his Grand Ole Opry ...

Critically acclaimed veterans of the country-folk music scene Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin filled the main floor of the Foellinger Great Hall at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts ...

While the current trends of the genre wouldn’t suggest it, folk music is the foundation of country music. Yes, many decades ago, before there was Nashville, the CMA Awards, and Broadway, country music ...

Northern Nevada has been a magnet for country music acts for decades, and the lineup of big-name acts and up-and-coming artists this fall and winter continues in that tradition. From now through the ...

Folk bands are musical groups that specialize in playing folk music, a genre rooted in traditional songs and melodies passed down through generations. Folk music often features acoustic instruments ...