The Cranberry Coffee House will welcome the eclectic early-music duo Bells and Motley for a holiday performance on Saturday, ...

Wassailing is an ancient yuletide tradition which is the ancestor of door-to-door caroling. Notable wassailing songs include “ Here We Come a-Wassailing ,” “ Gloucestershire Wassail ” and “ Gower ...

Spotify Wrapped 2025 did more than just show me my favorite bands of the year, it also introduced me to genres that I didn't ...

German-born, U.K.-based Max Richter is one of the most successful composers in modern classical music, a gifted post-minimalist whose signature work, “On the Nature of Daylight” from his classic 2004 ...

What makes folk music, folk music? Is it its sound, or thematic and tonal origin? Well, like all music genres, there isn’t one thing that defines folk music. However, if one were trying to narrow down ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...

It never hurts to iterate the phrase “Op-Ed” at the beginning of articles in this section. It may help us (in this case, I) remember that the writer is not an encyclopedia or – to be more current – ...

Mississippi has always been at the National Folk Festival. The National Folk Festival has never been in Mississippi. Until now. Downtown Jackson hosts the 82 nd annual National Folk Festival November ...

The Yale Repertory Theatre is on a roll of rediscovery. The theater’s current production of Zora Neale Hurston‘s” Spunk” is an even bigger deal than last season’s revival of Steve Carter’s “Eden.” ...

Over 50 years after its release, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is still considered one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history. However, the tune's legendary status owes much to the ...