Alright, Bob Dylan‘s “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35” might not be orthodox folk music, but it certainly falls into the genre category, for numerous reasons. Nevertheless, this single had its sights set on ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. While folk music might not be the most popular genre in ...

Based on Elijah Wald’s hour-by-hour countdown Dylan Goes Electric!, James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is a quirky, engaging and (thankfully) never reverential biopic that tracks the journey of Bob ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

As music genres fade in and out of popularity, the most successful and interesting artists and albums will influence the tastes and styles of future music. So, when it comes to folk music in the ...

This post was updated July 14 at 5:11 p.m. Summer is the perfect time to try new things, including making fresh additions to repetitive playlists. In every genre imaginable, a host of new musicians ...

TopHouse is a top-flight booking for Infinity Music Hall Hartford, where the band will play on Wednesday. The Montana-born, Nashville-based quartet specializes in soft-yet-punchy acoustic folk/pop ...

The Strumbellas, a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, played a much-anticipated, sold-out show on April 5 in The Sinclair. Formed in 2008, the band produces music at the intersection of indie rock, ...

For all our complaints about music streaming platforms, you could argue that they deserve a little credit for revealing the flimsiness of our once-rigid borders around music styles. The breakdown of ...

Some of the best songs in the history of popular music are truly undefinable, and that is what, in part, makes them so phenomenally iconic. These classic songs that can’t be pigeon-holed into one ...

This story is the third installment of a three-part series discussing major changes in popular music throughout the course of 2024. Today’s story focuses on the current state of country music. This ...