Folk song

An Armenian-American trio performs traditional folk songs with a modern American sensibility

How a folk song became a term of derision.

Courtship in the days of our grandparents was a long and arduous process filled with interesting customs. One of the popular courtship traditions was Harana.

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An introduction of the characteristics of folk music. There are underlying characteristics, embedded in folk music from which we can draw a subtle commonality.

In Classic Folk Songs for Kids, curator Jeff Place culls a cross-section of 26 classics from the Smithsonian Folkways vaults to tell an intriguing story of American signature sing-alongs. The songs’ origins are as fascinating as the songs are fun: centuries-old European ballads, an American …

While thousands storm the famous muddy fields of Glastonbury for its annual music festival this week, why don't we turn back the clock to the summertime festivals gone by, when Bob Dylan's words weren't yet American anthems, hipster was just another name for a jazz musician and the music seemed to h

Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

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