folk music

Classical music enthusiast John Alrey spoke at the Bishopsteignton Probus Club about great Russian composers, starting with Mikhail Glinka, who was born in 1804 and had only limited musical training. The first of his two great operas was…

On Wednesday March 30, 2022 at 6:30 p.m., the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society will present Composers On pointa digital event celebrating the Armenian-American composer and documentary filmmaker Marie Kouyoumdjian. After a discussion…

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts presents Bridge to Everywhere, considered one of Southland's most compelling new chamber music ensembles, on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., at the Bram Goldsmith Theatre. The…

Japanese folk songs have evolved similarly to those sung in English, although there are significant cultural differences in tone and…

LEWISBURG — The four musicians of the American Patchwork Quartet…

Hhere is the last volume of Chinese folk music series, the first six of which were reviewed in Rootsworld in May 2020. The fact that this huge country has a central government often gives the impression that there is such a thing as…

Vishnu KR had a speech impediment at birth. But that's not stopping the record-breaking, soon-to-be-radio jockey folksinger Vishnu KR was three years old when he said his first…

JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania - This concert will transport you around the…

Latin American music is not only festive.Away from the fiesta vibes and heart-pounding beats, there is a body of folk songs recounting the turmoil and heartache the continent has endured over the centuries.Some of these works will be…

By Daniel Gewertz The talent of Club Passim's Nanci Griffith evening represented at least two generations: it was a nice understated tribute to the singer-songwriter, who often performed in the venue in the mid-1980s. The late Nanci…

American folk music is a special beast. It's like that primordial soup that gave birth to music as we know…

US-based Guyanese and classical guitarist Hubert George is on a mission to preserve Guyanese folk songs through classical lead guitar arrangements. His guitar playing, which started as a hobby in the 1970s, became complex and the classical…

@minyocrusaders | instagram Meet the Minyo Crusaders, it's a Japanese group that fuses cultures in their music. The group brings traditional!-->…

PLAYING music for a live audience, touring and road trips, and rehearsing together are things that have had to take a back seat over the past year and a half. Still, jazz band Debonair District kept busy during…

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…

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…

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!-->…