As a result, the young traditional artist Jim Moray - originally discovered through BBC Radio 2's Young Folk Award in 2001 - has gone from touring folk clubs to supporting Will Young in little ...

Folk horror is set in remote, isolated areas where nature — and the superstitions of the locals — hold sway. Think: The ...

This year's Radio 2 Folk Awards Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is influential guitarist and singer Wizz Jones - who will also be performing live at the event. Hailed as one of the early ...

To mark what would have been his 70th birthday, Radio 2 has announced he will be inducted to its Folk Hall of Fame. Drake's sister, actress Gabrielle Drake, will accept the award in April.

He said that he didn’t discover American folk music until his early ... Sweeter Than Wine” on the radio electrified him. “I ...

Passim's Folk Collective will bring together musicians from two generations to perform a repertoire of folk music at the ...

SLU Grad Louisa Stancioff has partnered with Yep Roc records for her latest release, a dreamy, nostalgic indie-folk record ...

A singer, dancer, musician, event organiser and researcher, Mr Kaneen presented Manx Radio’s weekly Folk Show for 45 years until 2022. His funeral service took place at Trinity Methodist Church ...

Talk,” like much of British troubadour James Bay’s latest album, “Changes All the Time,” ends with a rousing chorus sung atop ...

Broadcaster Lynette Fay announces she is stepping back from full-time broadcasting.

In May 1949, Warsaw hosted the Folk Music Festival. Over 1,500 musicians came to the capital to perform during this three-week event, organised by the Ministry of Culture and Polish Radio. Even Poland ...

Poland’s Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble has embarked on a tour of Japan, with concerts in Tokyo and the central city of Gifu. Based in Koszęcin, in Poland's southern Silesia region, the ...