Lead Belly is another important figure in the early stages of folk. You might recognize one of his trademark songs " Where Did You Sleep Last Night ." The song dates back to the 1800s, but was sung by ...

Swedish indie folk singer Sarah Klang's voice has the rare ability to blend hope and sadness into one, writes The Associated ...

One thing that is constant about life is there is always going to be change. Whether it's something that is forced upon people which causes them to adjust and adapt, or people are in seek of a ...

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan has been arrested following a knife attack in a park in the German city of Aschaffenburg on Wednesday in which two people were killed, including a toddler ...

Here are the 25 best rock songs of the last 25 years. While 2000 did not mark the turn of the century, nor the millennium (those counts start at 2001), it did signal a new era. The first decade ...

While, naturally, the U.S.-centered Billboard Hot 100 chart mostly contains songs recorded in English ... the second most (with eight), followed by German (three), French and Italian (two each ...

Róise, who was also known as Róise na nAmhrán, passed on a rich heritage of folk music and preserved many songs that would otherwise have been lost, but have now travelled far beyond her home ...

Then I had a third thought, maybe she just really likes bananas, at which point I realised that the author of the song ‘Both Sides, Now’ had just Both Sides Now’d me.” Meaning, she had ...

The decision to cancel a folk festival in its 60th anniversary year has been described as "surprising" and "disappointing" by fans and musicians. Cambridge City Council, the organisers of the ...

During the German Occupation, the musician moved to Thessaloniki where he played in various taverns. During those years he wrote many songs, which were recorded after the war: “Ungrateful”, “Bachtse ...

The Cambridge Folk Festival, the world-famous, four-day folk and roots music festival held annually on the grounds of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cambridge since 1965, will not take place in 2025 and will ...