Jennifer Reid sang workers’ songs, Malmin plumbed gnarly Norwegian hinterlands and Quinie rode across Argyll on a horse ...

The timelessness of great folk music makes it something that never goes out of style, and something that we just can’t seem to ever get enough of. Sometimes, time-tested folk traditions infiltrate the ...

Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks has gotten plenty of love through the years, but I happen to think this gorgeous 1968 folk record is on the underrated side. Morrison started his career on the pop side of ...

In retrospect, the 2010s were an underrated time for music. Pop was at its peak, garage rock was in full swing, and indie folk revival had put a modern spin on a classic genre. Let’s look at just a ...

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 ...

U2 guitarist the Edge said the band is working with Brian Eno on music with an Irish folk element, which could appear on their next album. Following 2017’s Songs of Experience, U2 released Songs of ...

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 ...