A Complete Unknown gives a fleeting glance at the career of a totem of American folk music. Here, we fill in the gaps ...

An architect of the Band’s genre-melding sound, he played piano on “The Weight” and organ on “Chest Fever.” He was the ...

The title of the recent Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, is as close a definition as we can get for such an enigmatic ...

Everything about Swept Away, based on the Americana band's album Mignonette, defied convention, and, according to Scott Avett ...

The Ann Arbor community took a journey back in time at The Ark’s 48th annual folk festival kick-off Friday night.

That shift in style connected, as Saint Cloud — created with Detroit’s Bonny Doon as the backing band — was universally hailed as the best Waxahatchee album to date. Crutchfield saw her audience ...

Fables meant the world to him. He became, as he coined it on Facebook, "Slap happy low end @ Fables of the Fall." That was ...

Want to transport yourself to another world with some solid prog-rock albums? These four records are just a few of the very ...

The president-elect danced along with Village People as his rally closed with a live performance of “Y.M.C.A.,” after Kid ...

Coming four years after her last record, Forever is Lilly Hiatt’s strongest blend yet of alt-rock guitars with Americana ...

Mark Radcliffe explores the wide range of traditional and contemporary folk and acoustic music from around the UK and the world, with regular interviews and live sessions.

Ronald Reagan was president. The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the U.S., along with the Sony Walkman. The Titanic wreckage was discovered. The ill-fated New Coke made its debut. So did ...