One thing Raleigh knows how to do well, is a festival. There is a whole host of accolade-worthy Raleigh events and festivals ...

UNESCO has added Faenza and La Spezia to its Creative Cities Network, recognizing ceramics and design as drivers of local ...

New York City guitarist/bandleader Adam Moezinia will be performing Jan. 29 at the Arcata Playhouse, 1251 Ninth St., Arcata, ...

A senior official said a set of nominations is being examined today by the committee for inscribing them on this list. The 20th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of ...

Hyderabad will witness a coming together of music, folk tradition, lights, and a focus on heritage with the Golconda Fort Festival on December 12. The one-day festival will open with Telangana folk ...

Patience may be a virtue, but what is its price? Penelope, arguably Western culture’s patron saint of patience, knows the answer better than most. In Homer’s “The Odyssey,” she keeps the home fires ...

Before there was Bob Dylan, the folk revival icon, there was Odetta. Before there was Janis Joplin, the wailing blues singer, there was Odetta. The woman whom Martin Luther King Jr. called the “Queen ...

A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan ...

Jackson, Mississippi, will host the 82nd National Folk Festival for a three-year residency from 2025 to 2027. The festival will feature over 300 musicians, dancers, and craftspeople with performances ...

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

The 82nd annual Holiday Folk Fair International is set to take place Friday, Nov. 21-Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Exposition Center at Wisconsin State Fair Park, and tickets for the long-running ...

Mississippi has always been at the National Folk Festival. The National Folk Festival has never been in Mississippi. Until now. Downtown Jackson hosts the 82 nd annual National Folk Festival November ...