Folk songs have a particular place in the world. Unlike many other genres, folk songs are meant to be meditated on. Listeners are meant to chew on the lyrics to gain some understanding of the world ...

Folk music might have reached its peak mainstream popularity in the 1960s, but without the groundwork laid by the music of the 1940s, the folk revival in musical hubs like New York City in the 60s ...

Autumn. The days get colder, the nights get longer, and you really don’t want to do anything but drive up to your cabin in the woods and hibernate until the snowdrops start blooming. (You’ve got a ...

In a unique celebration of Chhath Puja, the Indian Railways has started playing popular folk songs at 30 major stations to greet homebound passengers, and videos of this initiative have already gone ...

Most strikingly, the integration of pansori and folk song masterpieces at key narrative moments transforms the work into something entirely new. Just as the blind girl focuses all her energy on her ...

You might know Mazowsze from Paweł Pawlikowski’s 2018 film Cold War – which not only traced the story of the company, but featured performances by its present-day members. Perhaps you’ve heard about ...

The Greatest of All-Time Pop Songs Artists and Songs rankings are based on weekly performance on the Pop Songs chart (from its Oct. 3, 1992, inception through Sept. 30, 2017). Artists and Songs are ...