Are you interested in listening to folk music but don't know where to start? Writer Dot Smith writes about their picks for the best songs to listen to to immerse ...

Apostolos Kaldaras was one of the most defining figures of 20th century Greek music. A composer, lyricist and creator of rare sensitivity, Kaldaras managed to express through his melodies the folk ...

Get into the heartfelt Promises lyrics by Hadestown, a moving duet that captures love, trust, and sensitivity in a poetic folk style.

Ani DiFranco with special guest Wryn: 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 10-11, at Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport St., Chicago.

Michael Hurley, the outsider folk artist and singer-songwriter who came up in the Greenwich Village folk scene in the 1960s ...

"My experiences are a starting point to speak about larger issues," says the Delhi-raised, Berlin-based artist whose recently ...

Michael Hurley, a beloved underground singer-songwriter who emerged in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s, has died at age 83. “It is with a resounding sadness that the Hurley family ...

“The ‘Godfather of freak folk’ was for a prolific half-century ... Michael Hurley was known for singing and writing songs that were delivered warmly and plainly, often in a lo-fi ...

Days before Michael Hurley's death, the singing, songwriting storyteller stepped on the stage of a Scottish pub in Knoxville ...

the famed label home to Woody Guthrie and Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music. Hurley expanded his skills beyond singing and playing guitar to also include fiddle and banjo ...

After graduating from high school, Zhou was faced with family and academic pressures and he abandoned his musical aspirations ...

The deft fingerpicking guitarist is about to release his second record in two years, “Doing Things Right,” which is credited ...