Ever since the '60s, Joan Baez has delivered a message with her music, but she was never going to be a two-chord folkie with ...

Prince and folk music don't seem like a match, but when it comes to Joni Mitchell he just couldn't get enough of it.

In need of a playlist full of the top classic hits you'd expect to see on American Songwriter? We've got you covered.

Oct. 21, 2001 Jones’ philosophy on music was cosmopolitan and curious from the start. He traveled widely, and as a composer, ...

The German-American folk festival celebrates the friendship between the two countries and the American way of life.

In an Oct. 28 email to members of the music department from Lance Rothchild ’26, a member of Roots Ensemble, it was revealed ...

Leavenworth's Bavarian surroundings felt like home for the musicians of Die Jungen Weststeirer, who performed to jovial ...

On his death anniversary, November 5, we relive the sheer magic of Hazarika’s songs and their power to soothe, excite, ...

The five-piece band, which plays a Slovenian form of polka-like alpine folk music called Oberkrainer, made its American debut at one of Leavenworth’s annual Oktoberfest celebrations on Oct. 19.

Because of the generous support of a long list of community sponsors, plus the donation of the venue by Monterey Church, which has the rights to use the Golden State Theatre, the concert costs ...

I hope some of us will take a break from the exhausting news cycle and turn to the arts, which are exactly what we all need ...

This fall and winter and throughout 2025, Dave Kline & The Mountain Folk Band are celebrating 45 years of presenting, promoting, writing and performing bluegrass music by releasing their seventh album ...