New research highlights how Antonín Dvořák’s embrace of African-American spirituals and folk traditions during his U.S. tenure helped forge a distinct American sound. His call for composers to ...

Glenns Ferry business owners teamed up to launch the inaugural Folk and Fiddle Festival. The three-day event brings music and ...

All you need to know about the 2026 instalment of the world's biggest classical music festival ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the McDonough Choral Society will mark the occasion with a concert featuring works by American composers.

The festival announced that this would only be the first wave of musicians as additional artist announcements will be made.

Warpeha composes for the hardanger d’amore, a violin-like instrument related to the traditional Norwegian hardanger fiddle. It has five top strings and five sympathetic strings that resonate ...

In its spring program, the string quartet performs a diverse program of pieces informed by folk and other traditions at four concerts around the state this week.

LERNA, Ill. (KFVS) - The Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site will host two events in April to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. Starting with Saturday, April 18, historian and musician Bucky ...

The rapper-actress will emcee the ceremony set to take place on Memorial Day from Las Vegas. By Hilary Lewis Deputy Editor, East Coast The Grammy- and Emmy-winning musician, actress and producer will ...

Queen Latifah will return to host the 52nd American Music Awards, set for Memorial Day, May 25 on CBS, the network and Dick Clark Productions announced Monday. This will be Queen Latifah’s second time ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BENNINGTON -- Taconic Music presents an evening of American, Irish and Cape Breton fiddle tunes and works by Leroy Anderson, William Kroll, Pancho ...

To borrow the title of an iconic Townes Van Zandt album, folk music is “a far cry from dead.” Many people view the folk music genre as a thing of the past, antiquated and rendered obsolete. But in ...