At a music-filled evening in Delhi, Tony Seeger, nephew of legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger, traced how archives, cowboy songs, and a banjo revived a fading musical tradition.

Woody Guthrie is among the most important folk artists of all time, but the American songwriter was rarely rewarded for his tireless work with payment.

Before it became one of the most defining folk songs of the 21st century, the initial response to "Seven Nation Army" was, "Eh, it's ok." ...

The latest record by Sam Amidon may be named after one of several Salt Rivers in the US, but the title also captures how hard ...

Piracy and home-taping was an issue which scared the music industry during the 1980s, but punk legends Dead Kennedys were ...

Imprinting,” a sonic self-portrait of Anglo-American artist and composer Beatie Wolfe's brain, opens at the Museum of Science ...

“I’m glad I’m able to add some political diversity to the genre (today),” he says, because social consciousness is at the heart of folk music. He cites Merle Haggard’s “Mama’s Hungry Eyes” as an ...

Students interested in the life and music of Bob Dylan, and particularly how his career has intersected with the American South, have an opportunity to study just that this semester at the University ...

The Village Voice obituary of writer Barry Michael Cooper, dead at age 66, notes the powerful stories he wrote for the paper in the 1980s.

From Billy Joel’s inability to resist a good Beethoven melody to Lady Gaga’s sampling of rhapsodic violin solos, here are the greatest examples of classical samples ... was based on a traditional ...

Other noteworthy entertainment happenings include the Cèline spoof Titanique, Montreal filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s Universal ...

One of its two singles was Texas Hold 'Em, which is nominated in the Record of the Year category, and here we'll be taking a look at the theory behind what became one of the biggest hits of the year.I ...