The Kent American Roots Festival is back again, where you can stop in at 19 different bars, restaurants and clubs around town ...

Since his music career became one of the focal points of his life, the artist ... “The Great American Novel.” Musically, Beans on Toast is not at all what you expect from a folk musician.

And because this is America, those two singers are the same person: Rhiannon Giddens, an electrifying artist who ... African American contributions to folk and country music and bringing to ...

Michael Hurley, the eccentric singer and songwriter who pioneered the “freak-folk” movement and inspired generations of artists ... s “Anthology of American Folk Music.” ...

Though folk is not as popular as it once was, a resurgence of the genre has been sparked through social media and activism as the forefront of social-political commentary. The basis of folk ...

In the Mountain Strings, Celtic and American Ensembles, BYU students explore various types of music from around the world, from Ireland and Scotland to Russia and Macedonia.