Several rising British bands are using centuries-old ditties to discuss hot-button issues like prison abolition, trans rights and the gig economy.

Romanian band Balkan Taksim have spent years exploring the folk music of rural villages and updating it for the electronic ...

By Mary Richardson The Ukrainian group YAGÓDY will present an ethnodrama performance designed to be a testament to the ...

"Bledi," meaning "my country" in Arabic, is often used to describe the cultures of the Maghrebi region, countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya, blending North African heritage ...

Meet a Serbian artiste who has charted the long journey from East Europe to Mumbai’s Eastern suburbs to present her unique ...

He’s toured with another breakout country star, Luke Bryan, of late, and now Tucker Wetmore is headlining his own tour, which ...

An unsung hero of the San Francisco folk music scene sings the story of her life in an intimate new documentary, “Singing for Justice.” ...

Over the weekend, a political rally titled “We Won’t Give Up Serbia” was held in Belgrade, marking the beginning of the ...

CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte Folk Society hosted its second annual Folk Music Festival on Saturday afternoon. Saint Martin’s Episcopal Church and its surrounding streets were filled with the ...

This year’s Coachella festival in California is shaping up to be another momentous edition for the Mena music scene, with three Arab artists performing during the two-weekend event, running to Sunday ...

such as Radovan Karadzic The main singing star at the pompously announced public meeting called by the President of Serbia on April 12 Aleksandar Vučić will be a patriotic folk icon Baja Mali Knindža.