Maggie's Wake, a high-energy folk roots band from southwestern Ontario, brings their rich harmonies and powerful storytelling ...

When Gerry Carthy crashed his car on St. Michael’s Drive 40 years ago partway through a cross-country road trip, Santa Fe didn’t have much of an Irish music scene. In a way, Carthy — a tenor banjo ...

Fairbanks Concert Association knows that some audience members have difficulty making it to performances, so sometimes, FCA ...

Due to high demand, the folk six-piece have added an extra, last minute date to their Workmans sets for tonight with tickets ...

MULTI-TALENTED musician Gerry Carthy, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has passed away. The Castlebar native played a variety of instruments, including banjo, guitar, tenor guitar, tin whistle, ...

Grammy-winning bassist, composer and R&B singer Thundercat, Icelandic rockers Of Monsters and Men, Black Pumas co-founder Adrian Quesada and Alberta country star Corb Lund will be playing the main ...

Callum Parke first gifted the whistles to friends which helped him perfect his instruments Whistle maker Callum Parke from Letterkenny Donegal whistle-maker Callum Parke has said a renewed interest in ...

The Mission Folk Music Festival has announced the lineup for the 39th annual event running three days this summer. Long celebrated for its showcasing of local, national and international artists from ...

To borrow the title of an iconic Townes Van Zandt album, folk music is “a far cry from dead.” Many people view the folk music genre as a thing of the past, antiquated and rendered obsolete. But in ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Attending Old Settler’s Music Festival is kind of like stepping into a storybook full of Texas folk music and traditions. At least, that’s how Betsy Boone described it. Boone has been ...

Since 2005 Plastic Crimewave (aka Steve Krakow) has used the Secret History of Chicago Music to shine a light on worthy artists with Chicago ties who’ve been forgotten, underrated, or never noticed in ...

Sound Check is the Globe’s weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers March 20-26. Fast forward to this past weekend, when the singer and ...