We’ve all been to musical plays that entertain, but how many of them make us uncomfortable, make us question our world, and ...

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The Grammy Museum Grant Program announced its 2025 recipients, which included the Country Music Foundation, Soulsville Foundation & more.

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The Philadelphia Folk Festival will return to the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford for its 62nd edition Aug. 15-17. This year’s lineup will feature headlining singer-songwriters John Gorka and Sonia ...

Bostin Christopher hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the ...

The idiosyncratic songwriter and cartoonist had been coming to the East Tennessee city for decades, but his trip there over the last weekend in March for the sprawling music festival Big ... What ...

Michael Hurley honed his eccentric perspective in folk music in the 1960s, releasing his debut album ‘First Songs’ in 1964. Among his other celebrated works were the albums ‘Armchair Boogie ...

"Now the song's finished, and it's out ... tipped his hat to Irish folk music on Galway Girl, and even sang in Punjabi during a recent concert in Mumbai. Talking about the creation of Azizam ...

“The ‘Godfather of freak folk’ was for a prolific half-century the purveyor of an eccentric genius and compassionate wit. He alone was Snock. There is no other. Friends, family, and the ...