Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy.

Both members of Cleveland’s Duo Balalaika (formerly Russian Duo) have roots in “the old country ... with various Russian folk groups. Pianist Terry Boyarski, who is also a singer and dancer, is an ...

Polish folk music has managed to survive and even grow from strength to strength thanks to certain ... Countless daemons of Slavic origin used to hide in the woods, lakes and fields of Old Poland – or ...

The Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra simply gets better and better. Its latter albums show increased challenge with tight complex ...

The recovered voices movement aims to preserve the work of persecuted artists like Viktor Ullmann and Mieczyslaw Weinberg.

For example, last year, we developed a pocket park in honour of our Polish sister city, Wałbrzych, but on the property of the Saint Michaels Polish Benefit Society, which is the Polish cultural ...

Each Wednesday, WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more. Basia Bulat, Maia Friedman at Old Town School of Folk Music.

When my Polish great-grandfather was arrested for defying the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz, he took two things with him: his accordion and a box of ivy leaves. By Zuzanna Lachendro I was five years old ...

The artist has won numerous accolades and music awards, including as many as 6 Fryderyk Awards, 2 Wiktor Awards, Gala’s Roses ...

As nu-folk figureheads, Mumford & Sons helped set ... in that climate, Rushmere is an old-school Mumford & Sons album that might just give the band a new beginning. It’s not going to win many ...