Music legends from Bonnie Raitt to Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello were in San Francisco to honor Joan Baez.

The director believes the icon himself wanted to better understand the period in his life depicted in the film, especially ...

In Dublin for a screening of I Am A Noise, a powerful documentary on her life, folk icon Joan Baez discusses her first act of ...

The Glastonbury headliner and contrarian-in-chief shows no signs of losing his edge. Stevie Chick explores his life, career, ...

February is Black History Month in Canada. Check out this list of buzzworthy works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry by Black ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” was built with a cast of young no-names performing countercultural comedy. Fifty years ...

Gavin Heaney The inaugural South by South Bay Festival brought music, film, poetry, panels, photography, literature and art ...

While the BDS campaign has been seeking to impose a boycott on Israel, the anti-Israel movement ... providing mood music for this programme. Many fellow travellers are rightly upset by the high ...

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 ...

In one of the most remarkable non-violent revolutions in history, the people of Estonia used music as their greatest weapon. For decades under Soviet rule, Estonians gathered to sing folk songs that ...

While traveling through the South collecting music for the Library of Congress, ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax ventured onto ...

Modern artists use natural, recyclable materials, following the ancient techniques of Indian folk art. Traditional Indian methods like Warli, Madhubani, and Kalamkari used biodegradable materials.