Faced with Russia’s efforts to erase Ukrainian culture, people have embraced traditional music as a way to reconnect with their past and affirm their identity. Roksolaniya, a traditional Ukrainian ...

David Bowie hit a musical milestone 41 years ago today when his iconic pop track “Let’s Dance” hit No. 1 on both the U.K. and U.S. charts, marking the first time the British rocker would achieve the ...

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 ...

Folk Music Journal is a peer-reviewed journal of research into all aspects of traditional song, music, dance, and drama. It is the journal of the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library, England's national ...

In April 1909, when at the height of his morris dance collecting activities, Cecil Sharp obtained a traditional pipe and tabor from the son of William Carter at Guiting Power in Gloucestershire. He ...

In a recent concert on the small Mediterranean island of Menorca, the Spanish musician Anna Ferrer stood behind a synthesizer and struck up a sumptuous, buzzing drone. Wreathed in smoke and backlit by ...