Folk songs

I I guess most people, even those with considerable knowledge of world music, listening to this CD without any information, would have no idea where it came from. "Drinking Song (Friends)" The first three tracks, a…

Jack Northover has two beasts inside of him. One is a narrative-driven commercial composer, who has created sweeping scores for brands such as Dior, Loewe and Miu Miu. The other is a metaphor-loving songwriter, writing poetic folk ballads…

Kate McNally holds a vinyl containing her favorite folk music. Photograph by Kendal J. Bush When I was growing up in southern New Hampshire, my family drove up north to white people most weekends. On Sunday nights on the drive home, my…

When Henry Adam Svec planned the release of his new book, he thought he had timed it perfectly: the first day of the 2021 Canadian Football League season. But like many things in 2021, it didn't quite go to plan. The third wave of…

The people of Telangana today celebrate the eighth day of the formation of the state. Since 2014, 02 June is observed as the day when the state was formed after the passage of the Telangana Bill in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. On this…

It was not expected that an ordinary day, almost 50 years ago, would result in a record album. Or the preservation of hundreds of Ozark ballads and folksongs – not to mention sharing those songs…

Wikipedia via Capitol News Service The Edmund Fitzgerald, carrying a load of iron ore, sank in Lake Superior in 1975 and became the most famous wreck on the Great Lakes…

The iron ore-laden Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior in 1975 and became the most famous Great Lakes wreck thanks to a song by Gordon Lightfoot. "The Wreck of the…

The iron ore-laden Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior in 1975 and became the most famous Great Lakes wreck thanks to a song by Gordon Lightfoot. Wikipedia picture By Eric FreemanCapital News Service!-->…

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"Episode of the Greek War of Independence", Eugène Delacroix, 1856. In the collection of the National Gallery of Greece. Public domain The Greek folk songs of the Revolution of 1821 not only told the stories of brave revolutionaries, but…

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Merve Dasdemir and Jasper Verhulst of Turkish rock band Altin Gun about their latest album, Jol. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The history of the Altin Gun group begins with an old…

This is an exclusive song premiere, part of The ARTery's efforts to showcase rising New England musicians.The first thought in Alisa Amador's "Red Balloon" is fear. Seeing a balloon rising in the distance, Amador worries that it will land…

LAU – Folk songs Reveal Records – December 11, 2020 (Ltd CD & Digital) Fresh from their recent solo releases where the world is thin and The gate, Kris Drever and Martin Green join his companion LAU group mate Aidan…

Small group music lesson in nature with Adam Phillips, founder of the Folk Orchestra. Get away from screens and learn to play music under the shade of an oak tree. Small group lessons take place in local parks and walk (5-10 minutes) to a…

In her earliest memory, Mossy Kilcher, then 3, stands on a windswept beach in Alaska in 1945, holding her father's hand as crashing waves crash at her feet. Surrounded by steep cliffs and the seemingly endless expanse of Kachemak Bay, she…

Lucian Ban, John Surman and Mat Maneri bring a new treatment – ​​and musical chemistry – to the stripped-down folk transcriptions of 20th-century Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. TERRY GROSS, HOST:…

May brings warm weather and blooming flowers here in the northern hemisphere. In folk songs, it also brings courtship. Countless traditional ballads in the English language (and in other languages…

Creative license can be a tricky and rewarding thing. Eric D. Johnson is the singer-songwriter behind Fruit Bats. He recently spoke with Doug Gordon of WPR's "BETA" as a member of new folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman. He talked about…

With every Hindi movie, we discover a fair share of love ballads, dance numbers and theme songs. But what some of us may not realize is how many of these songs are actually inspired by or remixed from local folksongs. Like these songs:…

After spending more than six years researching and documenting the harmful effects of man-made chemicals on the environment, Rachel Carson has published the book "Silent Spring" in 1962. The title of the book refers to the damage caused to…

Ask composer Huang Ruo to describe the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and his response is unabashedly enthusiastic. “Magic is the first word that comes to mind,” he says. “First of all, it's such a wonderful place. And having a…

The past few years have brought a resurgence in the Americana, bluegrass, folk, and alt-country genres, and 2017 was a year in which fans saw the fruits of that labor. With newcomers such as Whitney Rose and the Texas Gentlemen easily…

Americana, alt-country, bluegrass, and folk are the hard-to-categorise cousins ​​of country music. The best songs of the year in these genres (so far) tackle common country topics – heartbreak, nostalgia, love and politics – but they do it…

Mmore than half a century after his death, Percy Grainger's true stature as a composer remains elusive. For all that his own music has trampled on stylistic boundaries and cheerfully overthrown the conventions and proprieties of concert…

In 2016, the line between country and Americana (as well as folk and alt-country) was blurrier than ever. That's not a bad thing, however, as it gives artists the freedom to see the possibilities, not the limits, and has led to some of the…