Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s ...

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Here are four cool Jefferson Airplane songs written by or showcasing Jorma Kaukonen in honor of the guitarist’s 85th birthday.

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Create a perfect new year songs playlist with classic hits, party anthems, and uplifting songs that set mood for an ...

Students of Beijing Dance Academy recite a poem Back to Yan'anby Chinese writer He Jingzhi published in 1956. [Photo by Mou Ke/For China Daily] A new original dance drama, titled The Spring of ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

On September 18, 1940, psychedelic rock pioneer Powell St. John was born in Houston, and he grew up along the border in Laredo. In the late 1950s, St. John enrolled at the University of Texas at ...

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...

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 ...