Timbaland, Jay-Z and Major Lazer sampled her work, and she received a lifetime achievement award from the Latin Grammys in ...

The 26th Los Angeles Assyrian Food Festival is happening May 30-31 ...

The US guitarist excavates the outer reaches of the famed collector’s work, pointedly – and beautifully – reinterpreting songs from nations touched by major US conflicts Behind this gorgeous ...

When guitarist Marisa Anderson asked to see the famed folklorist and anthropologist Harry Smith’s record collection—or what was left of it when he died in 1991—she was given ...

Michael Stock has been hosting “Folk & Acoustic Music” on WLRN, South Florida Public Radio for over 30 years. Michael was introduced to folk music back in high school when a teacher at Miami Beach ...

A retired public health researcher, a sociology PhD student, and Western classically trained piano and violin players.

The Northwest Folklife Festival, in its 55th year, is a lively festival of arts, culture and heritage at Seattle Center that runs through Memorial Day weekend. Check the schedule here. Ivy Ceballo: ...

When the singer-songwriter Mo Sabri was growing up in East Tennessee, his Pakistani immigrant parents loved playing the swirling, rhythmic sounds of qawwali, Sufi Muslim devotional music. They also ...

IN a recent paper on this subject (Med. Press and Circ., 1, 154; 1943) Dr. J. D. Rolleston directs attention to the large number of synonyms for epilepsy, many of which are popular terms, alike in ...

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New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

KUTZTOWN, Pa. - These grounds have played home to the oldest folk festival in the country, but not this summer. Instead, it's "Homestead." "The two festivals mesh together really well. We're just ...