A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both ...

When Paul Simon first came to Britain in the mid-1960s, he was still in the early stages of his music career as a songwriter and was in search of inspiration. That’s when he bumped into Martin Carthy, ...

Punjabi singer Gurmeet Maan, popularly known for his folk music, passed away. Though the exact cause of his death is not known, ardent fans have been mourning his loss on social media. Maan was known ...

"Gypsy" opens the Gold Coast Chamber Players' 2015-16 series, with works by Ravel, Bartok, Brahms and Haydn, spanning several centuries of music inspired by Gypsy exoticism Sept. 26 at the Lafayette ...

If the algorithm was overseeing casting for a tender, queer romance, it’s likely that at least one combination would involve Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor. They are two of Hollywood’s most promising ...

Songs of Black Folk co-director Haley Watson found herself drawn to the stories of Pacific Northwest natives Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton and his nephew, Ramón Bryant Braxton for many reasons. But one ...

“Cathode Ray” and “The Actor,” the dual lead singles from Folk Bitch Trio’s debut album Now Would Be A Good Time, were alternately soothing and striking folk-rock gems — but as a sucker for the Staves ...

Fans were puzzled after Marcus Mumford suddenly walked off stage during a performance in Oregon earlier this month. The Mumford & Sons frontman stopped singing mid-show during the band’s concert in ...

Folk songs are incredibly multifaceted. Folks write folk songs to capture the climate of the given time, to dissect the given emotion of any moment, and ultimately, to articulate a nuance that can’t ...

On Jan. 11, loyal reader Kathleen Bergeron dispatched this note: "When I was a youngster growing up in Austin — in the late '50s and early '60s — a local girl appeared several times on an afternoon TV ...

Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of ...