“I kind of feel like I never grew up,” Geslison said. Students play both centuries old tunes and contemporary folk music. This includes bluegrass, Texas swing, melodies from the British Isles ...

Medici on 57th and Ali’s on 63rd — were all part of the folk revival movement. From the end of the 1950s through the early 1970s, acoustic music and songs from rural areas became popular with ...

Folk music legend Michael Hurley has died, aged 83. Hurley was a pioneer of the outsider folk and freak folk movements in the 1960s. His death was confirmed by his family. In a statement to ...

It’s the music that takes things from pleasant to powerful — not just indie folk’s earnest refrains, but the way everyone hides behind the songs’ pretense of candor while keeping their own ...