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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Popular folk bands
June 3, 2022
The unconscious music of the folk has all the marks of fine art: that it is wholly free from the taint of manufacture, the canker of artificiality;…
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Best folk Rock bands
June 3, 2022
The following is excerpted from a feature in this week’s Entertainment Weekly. To read the full story, find the issue on newsstands now – and…
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List of folk bands
May 21, 2022
Folk Metal Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion…
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Best folk Group
March 25, 2022
Ewan MacColl was born on January 25, 1915 and his centenary has been celebrated throughout the year. In November, there will be a special concert…
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Best Concerts for 2015
January 3, 2022
Steve Mellon/Post-GazetteIt was a good year for the legends, and when they live up to the billing, there’s nothing better. We had Stevie Wonder…
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Best folk Indie bands
December 30, 2021
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Folk Pop bands
December 8, 2021
Help me find addctive, uplifting indie pop/folk bands to listen to on repeat! Over the last year I ve gotten into music in a huge way after years…
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Best New folk bands
November 23, 2021
You may have heard of some of these bands, but they are good ones to explore during Mumford & Sons hiatus. Some sound like M&S…
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Best IndieRock bands Ever
November 13, 2021
Fake band april fools Just because Billboard is all about chart-topping bands doesn t mean we aren t in tune with the underground. There are…
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Best modern folk bands
November 2, 2021
One name tends to dominate conversations about the current state of folk and Americana music: Mumford & Sons. Starting in 2011, with…
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Best American folk songs
October 13, 2021
Explores American folk songs as a frame for the American experience. Robert V. Wells discusses how folk songs emerged from particular historical…
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Best Country folk songs
September 18, 2021
John Denver’s songs reached the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles, U.S. Billboard Hot 100, U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary and…
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