If future sociologists ever search for the missing link between Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Tom Waits, “American Idol” alum Jessica Sanchez, popcorn magnate Orville Redenbacher and drag queen star ...

Each of Trixie Mattel‘s album releases to date, 2017’s Two Birds and 2018’s One Stone, hinted at a bygone era of popular music. The colorful winner of RuPaul‘s Drag Race All Stars season 3, who’s also ...

Sometimes, a reissue or compilation can breathe new life into an older record or set of unreleased material. That was certainly the case for the following reissues of beloved folk albums and ...

The Fast Folk Musical Magazine (which also operated under the name The CooP: Fast Folk Musical Magazine from 1982-1983) was a non-profit organization that published recordings with an accompanying ...

A bidding war between two record labels rarely happens these days, especially when both companies are small, regional labels. But somehow, that’s exactly what happened with Minneapolis ...

You may know the song The Lowlands of Holland from the version by Martin Carthy but the way in which Martha Tilston has adapted and arranged this traditional folk ...

JTA — Folk musician and record archivist Nathan Salsburg lives on a 40-acre former tree farm in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, with fellow songwriter Joan Shelley. Shelley is not Jewish, but ...

Martin Chilton is a former Culture Editor for The Telegraph. He was formerly Sports Editor and a columnist for the Evening Standard. Prior to this Martin has edited music books and magazines and ...

Folk Art is saxophonist Joe Lovano's 22nd album as a leader for the esteemed Blue Note label, and surprisingly, his first of all original compositions. Folk Art is unusual not only in its choice of ...

One of the most remarkable aspects of the Scandinavian music scene, no matter what the musical space, is how fluid it is, and how few borders exist—if any exist at all. Anything is possible. The three ...