"American Folk" then became a tribute to the older musical roots that both Guthrie and Parton drew from: Shaker devotional tunes, psalm singing from the New England hymnody, Appalachian fiddle tunes ...

The evening will feature a Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame House Band assembled by Music Director Scott Sharrard (Gregg Allman Band) and featuring Tony Leone (Little Feat), Mike Merritt (The Max ...

A self-taught folk legend proves it’s never too late.

Before there was Bob Dylan, the folk revival icon, there was Odetta. Before there was Janis Joplin, the wailing blues singer, there was Odetta. The woman whom Martin Luther King Jr. called the “Queen ...

A self-taught musician, Elizabeth Cotten changed American folk music. The twice-nominated folk musician, Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten won her first Grammy at 90 years old. Fiercely proud of her North ...

A longtime music festival is ready to give up the folk for the 50th year. The Eagle Creek Folk Festival will ring in half a century Sept. 13 at Eagle Creek Park. The Indiana Folk Music Society will ...

Anniversary shows are a dime a dozen in the concert realm these days. If a band isn’t doing a 10th or 20th anniversary tour of one of its key albums, it simply means they haven’t been around that long ...

Flannels and an attitude—Those are the two surface-level similarities between grunge rock and the folk music movement. However, what they don’t have in common, at least extensively, is their sound, ...

Twelve of 24 contestants performed Tuesday, launching a week of American music as judges begin narrowing the field for the semifinals.