Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created by ordinary people within a culture, that's been played or sung to one another, for a very long time.

Loans of instruments for Kids Campers also may be available through Folk Roots or local music stores. To register a youth for the Folk Roots Kids Camps, visit LAfolkroots.org or email ...

While Gonzalez loves the signature sound of the instruments the mariachis play, including trumpet, violin, guitar and bass guitar (guitarrón), as a vocalist herself, she is especially interested in ...

When Karl and Jackie Dieterichs first opened their folk music shop in 1966, it wasn’t exactly easy to find a banjo in Bucks County. But the Dieterichs’ vision changed that. The Bucks County Folk Music ...

Alexander Králik, the manufacturer of musical folk instruments is well known throughout the Banská Bystrica Region. He started playing the fujara, a traditional Slovak overtone flute, in the 1980s ...

That’s the folk tradition.” The engagement with different musical heritage is a main aspect of the festival. Each participant can learn and be a part of something they may have never heard before. Dan ...