BRISTOL, Maine — Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee started singing folk songs together 35 years ago. Since then, the music and life partners raised three children, released dozens of albums and played ...

"The Wassail Bowl," printed in The Illustrated London News on Dec. 22, 1860. Going door to door and offering a song or performance in exchange for a drink or money is a centuries-old English custom.

Though the term “folk music” goes back to the mid-19th century, its modern coinage typically refers to the post-war folk revivals in England and America—though it can also describe any indigenous ...

MANSFIELD -From folk songs to folk dancing and traditional crafts, the 65th Annual New England Folk Festival offers it all Friday through Sunday at the Mansfield High School and Qualters Middle School ...

Sea shanties have survived for centuries, far beyond the golden age of seafaring. A lot of them have strong ties to New England’s maritime culture, especially the culture built around the whaling ...

Anna & Elizabeth is a band whose name is a nod to Hazel & Alice, the all-woman bluegrass duo that was recorded on the Smithsonian Folkways label at a time in the mid-sixties when the bluegrass ...

In a recent concert at First Church Congregtional in Cambridge, MA, vocal ensemble Musica Sacra sang folk hymns and canticles from two regions that, at first blush, don't seem to have a whole lot to ...

A Grammy Award-winning folk singer from New England is touring in honor of the 20th anniversary of his debut album. Ray LaMontagne announced the “Trouble 20th Anniversary Tour” on Thursday. LaMontagne ...

All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen chats with Myron Bretholz and Gus Voorhees about the evolution of English and Irish folk music. Myron and Gus are both gifted musicians and aficionados of music ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Wall of Grass, the interactive folk-music collective featuring musicians ...

Tanner Cundy, the Portland-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, plays Bend’s McMenamins Old St. Francis School Friday.