Violinist Zoe Aqua and the string band the Ebony Hillbillies will share a stage on Thursday at Gowanus club Littlefield. (New York Jewish Week) – Two folk music traditions that developed on opposite ...

"Newport & the Great Folk Dream" is a rapturous documentary — elegant and transporting, full of scratchy lyrical ...

Cover illustration by François Thango. Words in English or in various languages with English translations. "Music Department of Antioch College joined the Cooperative Recreation Service in sponsoring ...

The Celebration! Congo Choir, a group of 18 young adult singers, musicians and dancers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, performed at Metropolitan AME Church on M Street NW last week. They ...

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To the casual listener, old-time and bluegrass might be hard to tell apart. Both genres of music predominantly feature ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Former Ravinia Festival chief executive officer Welz Kauffman has been named the executive director and chief executive officer of Chicago's renowned Old Town School of Folk Music.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- The Old Town School of Folk Music announced Friday that it has appointed senior director of education Troy Anderson as its new director and chief executive officer—replacing former ...

In the 1990s, a Chicago public library building that had sat unused for a decade got a second life. Or maybe, because of the traditions at the Old Town School of Folk Music, which took over the Art ...

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