Though the term “folk music” goes back to the mid-19th century, its modern coinage typically refers to the post-war folk revivals in England and America—though it can also describe any indigenous ...

BRISTOL, Maine — Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee started singing folk songs together 35 years ago. Since then, the music and life partners raised three children, released dozens of albums and played ...

Sea shanties have survived for centuries, far beyond the golden age of seafaring. A lot of them have strong ties to New England’s maritime culture, especially the culture built around the whaling ...

"The Wassail Bowl," printed in The Illustrated London News on Dec. 22, 1860. Going door to door and offering a song or performance in exchange for a drink or money is a centuries-old English custom.

Shirley Collins has dedicated most of her life to the preservation and interpretation of British folk music, keeping traditions alive while also shaping them to the contemporary moment at the same ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Old South Church Concert Series welcomes Lissa Schneckenburger, New ...

Albion Records has assembled a distinguished line-up for this first of four volumes devoted to Vaughan Williams’s complete published arrangements of folk songs in English for voice with instrumental ...