Nineteen-year-old Lee Ming Xiang wishes to preserve the beautiful sound of the traditional Malay flute, blending dedication, ...

Lucknow: Amid dancing around bonfires on folk songs and the distribution of traditional til ke ladoo, rewri, and chikki, people celebrated the festival of Lohri with great enthusiasm. Newlyweds, clad ...

Lohri, celebrated every year on January 13, is one of the most vibrant winter festivals in North India. It is most popular in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, and Himachal Pradesh, where people gather around a ...

Like the folk music it celebrates, the South Florida Folk & Acoustic Music Festival is a living and breathing entity, constantly evolving and growing with each edition. This year’s 36th annual ...

The 82nd annual Holiday Folk Fair International is set to take place Friday, Nov. 21-Sunday, Nov. 23, at the Exposition Center at Wisconsin State Fair Park, and tickets for the long-running ...

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...

The festival brought together the best of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzanian schools music from August 18 to 22. Kenyan representatives were drawn from the 97th Kenya Music Festival held earlier this month ...

Turkana and Pokot folk dances attracted large audiences on the third day of the 97th edition of the Kenya National Music Festival in Meru. The festival is taking place at Meru Teachers Training ...

A Western-style singing game genre thrilled audiences during the first day of the 97th edition of the Kenya Music Festival in Meru School, Meru County, on Monday. Competitors in the pre-school ...

The 97th edition of Kenya National Music Festival has kicked off at three venues in Meru (Meru School, Kaaga Girls and Meru Teachers College. [Phares Mutembei, Standard] Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma ...

The documentary from Dennis Harvey and Lars Lovén, world premiering in the Locarno Critics' Week, tunes into songs from The Mary Wallopers, Young Spencer and more that carry "the oppression of the ...