Folk songs have a particular place in the world. Unlike many other genres, folk songs are meant to be meditated on. Listeners are meant to chew on the lyrics to gain some understanding of the world ...

Some songs never really age, they simply travel. Shakira’s Waka Waka (This Time for Africa), originally released as the ...

It is worth mentioning that this list is far from exhaustive. I’m just a fan of these four tunes, in particular. Nobody was doing folk music in the 1990s like Jeff Buckley. “Last Goodbye” is still ...

Graeme Smith does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Folk originates from the German word "volk," which means "the people." And that's what folk is at its core: from the people, documented and shared with individual experience in mind. The late 19th ...

Folk lovers, we are bringing you 10 easiest folk songs to play on acoustic guitar so you don’t think we forgot about you. Folk songs date from 19th century and had many definitions through the years.

Tunes that echo across the peripheries of lands – deserts, rivers, hills and forests – form the gist of the genre known as “folk music”.

Explore the legacy of Marjorie Lansing Porter who helped preserve Adirondack folk songs. Delve into the musical legacy of Marjorie Lansing Porter, who dedicated her life to preserving Adirondack folk ...

For thousands of years, folk songs have been a social affair for Chinese people, especially those in ethnic areas. In the era of social media, instead of fading out, however, this tradition is working ...

Japanese folk songs evolved in the same way as English language ones even though they are sung in different tones and scales. Patrick Savage at Keio University in Japan and his colleagues analysed the ...

Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. You’re probably familiar with the concept of evolution. Living things evolve by accumulating genetic changes, which are ...