These songs from the 2010s owe a lot to country music. Whether fans realize it or not, these songs are akin to country.

Two years ago, an unexpected notification on my phone derailed my day. A longtime listener of my band, Makeshift Hammer, sent us a DM with surprising news. “I just found an album on Spotify that ...

Long before protest music filled stadiums, the coffeehouses of Greenwich Village became the beating heart of a generation ...

In May 1965, at the end of a two-month solo tour of the UK, Bob Dylan was considering giving up performing. "I was drained," ...

Stephen Foster wrote some of the most enduring American songs, invented the role of songwriter, and served as a cautionary ...

American folk songs have an evergreen charm that still connects with people today. These songs tell stories about freedom, love, hard work, hope, and everyday American life in a simple but meaningful ...

BBC Radio 2 is putting folk music front and centre this summer with the return of the award-winning 21st Century Folk, for its fourth year. Five renowned folk acts are each writing and composing a ...

If you’ve been craving some new indie folk artists for your playlist, you’ve landed on the right page. We have been keeping a close ear to the indie folk scene lately, and a handful of new names have ...

Candice is a writer and horror obsessive living in Athens, Georgia, with her husband and their very handsome cat. It was partly her strong interest in the films of Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook that ...

View post: 90+ Heat Records Could Fall as Temperatures Push Past 110°F Across the U.S. Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" in 1940 as a response to "God Bless America." The song contrasts ...

On February 23, 1940, American folk legend Woody Guthrie wrote 'This Land is My Land' in his hotel room in New York City. The song would go on to become one of the most influential and iconic folk ...

Robert Costa is a national correspondent for "CBS News Sunday Morning" and chief Washington analyst for CBS News. The story of America can be told through the lyrics of folk music – songs of the Great ...