The new series promises to bring a “modern energy” to the epic saga of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, with a focus on the love ...

Furness Morris was founded in 1963 and had 20 members in its prime. However, numbers have dwindled to just eight and the band ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Morris dancing, a folk form with origins in the 15th century, is opening up to younger dancers who approach it as a living tradition. Boss Morris, pictured here at Avebury ...

Wizz Jones, the English folk icon best known for the role he played in the British folk revival and for being a consistent figure in the scene for the past 60 years, has passed away aged 86.

Green Eyes feels like a classic piece of English folklore, but it’s entirely made-up for the film. He has a calling card (the phantom knocks), a violent origin story, ...

While known as an excavator of the American songbook, folk icon Bob Dylan also has lifted from Britain's rich heritage of music traditionalism.

Shirley Collins is an English folk song's bridge between now and then 'Archangel Hill' is testament to a life well lived. May 25, 2023 1:32 PM ET. By . Jonathan Williger Enlarge this image.

IN her introduction to this collection of English popular beliefs and customs, the author remarks on the relative poverty of the English tradition in this respect when compared with that of the ...

FARMINGTON — Old South Church welcomes northern Manchester, England’s folk singer and activist Johnny Campbell to Farmington, Sunday, May 11 at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is ...

With a vintage upright and painstakingly assembled songs, the English folk-pop-electronic songwriter’s eighth studio album, “Weather Alive,” is her best. By Jon Pareles Maybe the soot helped ...

The earliest known mention, according to A Dictionary of English Folklore, is a German text from 1572, which translated reads: “Do not worry if the Easter Bunny escapes you; should we miss his ...

It’s low-key, underplayed, and with all the right vibes of traditional English folklore, all with a lead character you’ll properly care about. Advertisement .