"Snake Song" by Townes Van Zandt is a legendary piece of work, and it makes sense why alt-rock artists love it so dearly.

An affable lottery winner decides to bring his favorite singer to a remote island off the coast of Wales for a private ...

The surge of new American folk schools is reviving, sustaining and teaching a rich heritage of old crafts. These institutions, dedicated to craft preservation, are educational centers of their ...

These rock musicians from the 1960s got a taste of fame, and then promptly disappeared. Let's learn more about what happened ...

Denzel Washington's charm in American Gangster can persuade anyone to delve into the many crime epics of cinema. Here are ...

This spring, local audiences can experience the adaptation themselves as Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents the American Ballet Theatre’s premiere of “The Winter’s Tale” in Costa Mesa ...

March 8, 2025 • Episode 31 features an interview and performance from Loudon Wainwright III, songs from folk artist Hal Cannon, Michigan singer-songwriter Jane O'Neill, and New Orleans jazz ...

Local and visiting writers offering new novels and non-fiction titles ranging from reportage to business to memoir (and more!

The majority of these films utilize ancient European myths and traditions. However, the rarer American folk horror films tend to either focus on witchcraft like in The Blair Witch Project or the ...

Carolco Pictures paved the way for unapologetically big movies that defined the '80s and early '90s — even as its excesses ...

Gruff Rhys will embark on his American Interior 10th anniversary tour in April, and he’s just announced a reissue of that 2014 album which will be out May 16 via Rough Trade. The album has been ...

The Ruckers perform throughout the United States. as well as overseas, singing songs and telling stories from the American ...