Best folk Artists
June 14, 2023
Is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording…
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70s folk bands
May 5, 2023
Until recently there has been no good documentation neither of the German folk music revival in East and West nor of the role of the political…
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Best folk albums ever
April 20, 2023
The United States was bursting, groaning with pride; the Second World War had turned her into the most powerful nation on Earth. But as mid-century…
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Best New folk Artists
April 10, 2023
Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake in Inside Llewyn Davis. What is folk music? In 2013, the better question might be: What isn’t it? We’ve…
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Best New folk albums
March 16, 2023
This intimate set was produced and mixed by the artist during the midnight hours with excellent songs and performances. Britain s premier big…
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Best New Bluegrass bands
February 24, 2023
Alan Jackson The Bluegrass Album Alan Jackson was at the tip of the spear of the New Traditionalist movement back in the ‘80s. Now, nearly 25…
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Acoustic folk bands
February 9, 2023
As recaps go, sometimes it s best to take a step back and remember that not all music is created equally. With the abundance of genres, cross-pollination…
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Best folk ballads
January 20, 2023
If you’ve never been into country, folk, or any other kind of American roots music before, consider this a good (and slightly odd) place to start…
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Best folk Singers
December 16, 2022
Will Holt was a folk singer who wrote the popular song Lemon Tree and later composed lyrics and music for several Broadway musicals. Holt…
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Best acoustic folk songs
October 27, 2022
Stripped Down the product of an artist with a unique vision, has the capability to become something else once it is put out for everyone to hear…
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Country folk bands
October 21, 2022
Fans of Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Johnny Cash and Sturgill Simpson are in for a treat at this weekend s 75th annual National…
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Best New folk music
October 20, 2022
A periodic list of some of the most exciting, newly purchased CDs for our circulating collections. by Lydia Mendoza (1930s-40s) Though Texas…
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British folk bands
September 21, 2022
After performing at the Grammys, the quartet found itself number two on the music charts. How did it get there? Reuters/Luke MacGregor Star-spangled…
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American folk bands
September 8, 2022
American Folk music, which is also known as Americana, consists of a very wide range of musical styles, including Bluegrass, country music, gospel…
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Best folk music Artists
September 7, 2022
Top 5 Best Irish Folk Music Artists for St. Patrick’s Day Last year we posted our exclusive Q&A with The Chieftains frontman Paddy Moloney…
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Best bands of the 1960s
August 24, 2022
Dutch psych rockers Shocking Blue would score a US Billboard Hot 100 No.1 with 1970 s Venus (covered so memorably by Bananarama 16 years later)…
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Famous folk bands
August 18, 2022
As Louis Armstrong famously declared, “All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing a song, ” but connoisseurs of this traditional…
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Best of folk songs
August 6, 2022
These 24 songs are an important part of France’s musical heritage and have remained standards over the years. André Claveau, one of the favorite…
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Best folk bands
August 1, 2022
A distinct subgenre of heavy metal called folk metal has developed over the past few decades. Spawning from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal…
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Best folk songs of all time
July 22, 2022
From Johnny Cash to “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad” By Below, my list of the best train songs ever written. In America, at least. Scoff at…
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