These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.

From the Swiss Alps to the Wisconsin hills, this group of musicians is keeping the rare art of the alphorn alive.

A routine traffic stop in Ohio turned into a bizarre loyalty test for a Halifax-based folk duo last week. The Celtic-music sisters Cassie and Maggie MacDonald say they were on a short American ...

Be it the energetic beats of Rajasthan, the soulful tunes of Bengal, or the devotional songs of Maharashtra, folk music brings people together. And here we mention 6 unique instruments used in ...

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 considered his most commercially successful single in ...