Notes from the songwriters’ conversation with journalist Ann Powers at The Porch’s annual Rhythm & Rhapsody fundraiser
With the compilation album Don’t Settle (vol.1 Transmissions East) fresh off the press and a major European tour on the horizon, it’s high time we finally had a chat with Glen Hansard.
Warren Haynes is gearing up to release a new symphonic album titled Dreams & Songs.
TajMo will hit the West Coast and Southwest in September.
Bikini Kill, Buzzcocks, Mannequin Pussy and others are also lined up for the September event at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn.
Bono paid tribute to Brennan on behalf of U2 and said she had an “otherworldly voice”.
Legendary blues and folk artist Keb' Mo' is looking forward to his weekend in Sisters, headlining a Sisters Starry Nights Concert on April 11.
Bassist, vocalist and composer Esperanza Spalding first met choreographer Alonzo King during San Francisco Symphony’s 2021-22 season when she performed Wayne Shorter’s “Gaia” and his troupe Alonzo King Lines Ballet danced Alberto Ginastera’s “Estancia Suite.”
Amy Helm is the daughter of two fellow folk singer-songwriters: Levon Helm, who died in 2012, and Libby Titus, who died in 2024.
Mike Finnigan: if you know you know, and if you don’t, you probably know Electric Ladyland.
Most musicians supporting major headliners remain barely noticed in the shadows.
The beautification and hypersexualization of women in the music industry is nothing new and all-encompassing, affecting all genres, from the more obvious ones, like pop and rock ‘n’ roll, to the ones that would seemingly exist outside of these patriarchal conventions, like folk music.
The year 1956 was a revolutionary one for Harry Belafonte, the multihyphenate artist known for his merging of popular culture and political activism.
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy interviewed the 79-year-old icon in a wide ranging conversation on the occasion of her new memoir, ‘Bread of Angels.’
Arriving April 24, Hope!! also features contributions from Quavo, Ayra Starr, and The Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson
In new docu-drama Broken English, the much misunderstood singer looks back at all her past selves – and gives a performance that moves her audience to tears. Its makers relive an extraordinary shoot
Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but spending substantial time with adored Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes is rather like being in the company of a celebrated academic of modern music history.
Anticipation has been mounting for months for the second annual Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Phil Lesh, which will honor the late Grateful Dead bassist by continuing his legacy of birthday residencies at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y.
The Afropop world is always curious to know what Angelique Kidjo will drop next.
The Warren Haynes Band pulled into Rochester, N.Y. last night, March 3, to continue the full band leg of the Winter of Warren tour.
Forever trying to defy perceptions, the late star was more complex than people realised, as an inventive new documentary about her proves
The show's theme music is a version of "Who Loves The Sun," the opener from the Velvet Underground's 1970 album Loaded, that Matt Berninger recorded with alt-country legend Rosanne Cash.
The Legends on the Lawn 2026 lineup is here.
The Blind Boys of Alabama will perform at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 at the Meyer Theater at Monroe County Community College, 1555 S. Raisinville Road, Monroe, according to a community announcement.
