Memory operates like a selective editor, burnishing specific experiences until they gleam with unwarranted significance. The ...

A look at the evolution of the Italian protest anthem, from its opaque origins to TikTok remixes and feminist marches. It wasn't penned as a romantic farewell, but "Bella Ciao" — meaning "goodbye ...

Born in 1959, William ‘Hammy’ Hammond, grew up in Fermoy, County Cork. He volunteered with the Cork Folk Festival in 1986, ...

Bad Bunny will bring Puerto Rican pride to the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, showcasing reggaetón, cultural identity and ...

Taylor Swift is known to love the National Trust's Fleece Inn in Bretforton, and here is its links to new album The Life of a Showgirl.

Robert Gordon hopes his documentary "Newport & The Great Folk Dream" will remind artists today about the power of song.

Flannels and an attitude—Those are the two surface-level similarities between grunge rock and the folk music movement. However, what they don’t have in common, at least extensively, is their sound, ...

Apart from the popular grunge and Britpop scenes, many artists in the 1990s recorded folk rock songs that still sound new today.

In fact New York Groove was written by Russ Ballard and recorded originally by North London glitter-popstrels Hello, who ...

Hsu Hsih (許石) never forgot the international student gathering he attended in Japan, where participants were asked to sing a folk song from their homeland. When it came to the Taiwanese students, they ...

When it comes to streaming, Kiss fans have no problem making their likes and dislikes known. You could probably name the group's five or six most popular songs off the top of your head, although the ...

Quatrains in English folk verse are governed by laws that regulate the patterns of truncation (nonfilling of metrical positions) at the ends of lines. Each truncation pattern (we claim 26) is adhered ...