Folk music has evolved and changed through the years, but it’s never really gone away. While there are a few stellar folk acts out there in the modern world today, you just can’t beat the classics.

Sounds like: A ’60s Greenwich Village artist traveled through time, gathering a hard outer shell along the way. When asked how she would describe her sound, AC Sapphire doesn’t mince words: “This has ...

Paul Simon adds dates to U.S. 2026 tour.

The last time folk music truly mattered, the world was on edge. In the 1960s, a young Bob Dylan arrived in New York armed with a guitar, a harmonica, and a deep suspicion of authority. His songs ...

For more than six decades, the University of Chicago Folk Festival has brought together an array of musicians and performers from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds—all united through a love for ...