As part of the folk scene of New York, Dylan would break out with a new take on songwriting. He would write tracks about far-flung ideologies, huge concepts or heightened teenage rebellion. Instead, ...

Veteran British folk artist and singer/songwriter Ralph McTell celebrated his 80th birthday on December 3. Although not a household name in the U.S., McTell has had a long, prolific, and ...

The ethereal sounds of traditional Eastern European folk songs aren't typically heard in New Orleans. With multiple, simultaneous voices threading equally through the song, the traditional style ...

December 13, 2024 • Record-breaking mainstream hits. A new generation of artists rising to seize their moment. Rappers in and out of courts. A pair of the biggest names in the game transforming ...

The final song here is one he didn't write — fittingly, it's a folk song, passed down through oral tradition. It's from a concert in Nashville in 1970, broadcast on ABC, just a few years after ...

Bandcamp makes it super easy for musicians to share their music in a 'name your price' kind of setting. This means that while listeners can pay for the music, they also have the option to put a zero ...

It’s been a fantastic, albeit unpredictable, year for music. It’s hard to summarise in 50 songs, but with this list NME celebrates some of 2024’s most glorious moments. The cultural ...

That spirit thrummed at the India International Centre as Sunaini Sharma—granddaughter of the legendary Lahore-born ‘Nightingale of Punjab’ Surinder Kaur—had the crowd clapping and tapping their feet ...

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Elton composed bespoke music with killer hooks and elegant plumage, crafting songs that fit him to a T, delivering them with falsetto flourishes and barrelhouse piano runs. On top of it all ...