Imagine being a singer — in this case, a singer of traditional British folk songs and murder ballads, songs of love, hate, revenge, redemption and tragedy. And as the singer of these songs, you get ...

We’ve been following up our list of the 50 best albums of 2022 with more lists that dive deeper into specific genres, and here’s our list of 15 (technically 16) great folk albums from 2022. The albums ...

Shirley Collins has dedicated most of her life to the preservation and interpretation of British folk music, keeping traditions alive while also shaping them to the contemporary moment at the same ...

Considered by some as British folk music's finest ambassadors, Brian Peters, who will appear at the uNi Coffeehouse in Springfield on Saturday, is a performer of traditional folk music who combines a ...

A traditional 17th-century English ballad gets a 21st-century update thanks to singer Rosanne Cash. The celebrated performer and songwriter — who will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall ...

It’s a point I’ve made often in this column, but once again for those at the back: there is really no such thing as a folk ‘revival’. The term implies a cycle of death and rebirth, where in reality ...

MILES O’BRIEN: And now: new music created from old sounds. A group of British and American musicians named Offa Rex have put a modern twist on traditional folk songs dating back centuries. Their first ...

Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music ...

Shirley Collins was a huge part of the British folk scene — but for a time, heartbreak silenced her voice. We talk with her and The... After 38 Years Of Silence, A Legend Of Folk Music Sings After 38 ...

Imagine being a singer — in this case, a singer of traditional British folk songs and murder ballads, songs of love, hate, revenge, redemption and tragedy. And as the singer of these songs, you get ...