Mar 16th, 2010 · What better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than with an Irish jig? The members of Solas are all American, but they play Celtic folk music with authority. In a session from Folk Alley, the quintet performs an instrumental from The Turning Tide, and two songs featuring vocalist Mairead Phelan.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Kristian Matsson, a.k.a. The Tallest Man on Earth, pens earthy, passionate folk tunes with a knack for clever lyrical turns. On this installment of World Cafe: Next, hear songs from Matsson's forthcoming album, The Wild Hunt.
Mar 12th, 2010 · From the jazz blogosphere to the jazz micro-blogosphere — or perhaps the other way around. Enter Twitter Jazz Network, a group blog run by folks who are frequently talking about jazz on Twitter.
Mar 12th, 2010 · The band's 1999 debut fused punk, reggae and dub music, but Leo has gone in several other directions since: He and The Pharmacists have crafted a contagious and infectious sound that also incorporates pop, rock, soul, folk and more.
Mar 10th, 2010 · "If all that grows starts to fade, starts to falter / Oh, let me inside, let me inside not to wake," Midlake's Tim Smith sings in "Acts of Man," which surrounds his meditation on man and nature with dense harmonies and the rich sounds of a folk-pop orchestra.
Mar 9th, 2010 · Keller, formerly of the '80s pop hitmaker Tommy Tutone, returns for his first solo release in a decade with Sunshine in My Pocket, an album brimming with bright, optimistic folk-pop.
Mar 7th, 2010 · Mark Linkous, the voice and imaginative mind behind the psych-folk rock group Sparklehorse, has committed suicide, Rolling Stone magazine reports.
Mar 5th, 2010 · The ancient tale of Orpheus searching for his beloved in the underworld has been told many times by famous composers such as Monteverdi and Offenbach. Now, the desolate journey of Orpheus is presented in a new way: as a folk opera written by singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell. Hadestown features performances by Justin Vernon, Ani DiFranco and Greg Brown.