With its poetic lyrics and haunting melodies, contemporary folk music is, at its best, deeply evocative. The elusive genre is hard to pin down, often blending traditional acoustics with elements of ...

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A folk record unlike any other released this year has quietly risen to the top of the list for critics. Forefowk, Mind Me, the third album by Scottish artist Quinie, was recently named the best folk ...

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings have won Best Folk Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards for their LP Woodland. Welch and Rawlings ...

The golden era of folk music has been left in the 20th century. But that doesn’t mean new evolutions of the genre aren’t still keeping things alive today. In fact, in the 2020s, there was quite a ...