I met Johnny Campbell, one of the several artists on our Scotland trip, last June. He performs old English folk tunes as well as self-penned originals with heartfelt passion and woven with an ...

Hester’s contributions to the folk music scene have been significant, and her influence continues to be recognized. Known for traditional English folk songs. Shirley Collins is a pivotal figure ...

Country a cappella group Home Free and folk sea shanty band The Longest Johns are bringing their spirited traditional sounds ...

renditions of English and American midwinter folk songs. Nowell Sing We Clear’s albums evoke a bygone, somewhat mythical era of obscure rituals and community music-making. “The soundtrack of ...

“Folk music,” says she ... Many of Judy’s songs are Scottish, English or Irish, and some of them—The Golden Apples of the Sun, The Bonnie Ship the Diamond—are not often heard in ...

These are meaningful songs and good music." Although Billy Bragg, a folk-punk artist from Great Britain, has been coming to the U.S. for 40 years, he’s never been to Greensburg — before this week.

By Alex Marshall Reporting from London Think of English folk music and maybe thoughts come to mind of villagers lamenting lost loves or sailors bellowing tales of adventure at sea. But when the ...

This is called learning music orally. Folk music exists all around the world. For example there's English folk music, Scottish folk music, American folk music, Russian folk music and so on.

Steve Knightley, the highly acclaimed singer-songwriter and founding member of Show of Hands, is a prominent figure in English folk and acoustic music. Celebrated for his deep connection to the ...

The English guitarist, songwriter, and song interpreter Jim Ghedi came to folk music through a side door. He grew up playing in bands and putting on shows at a DIY collective in his native ...

From the Statesman archives looks into a reader note about Austin folk singer Carolyn Hester who became known as "Queen of the New York Folk Singers" ...