With just a handful of chords, you can unlock a world of music. These simple shapes and progressions are the key to playing ...

Mitchell is considered a folk hero for many. Find out which artist pushed Mitchell to explore songwriting, below.

Are you interested in listening to folk music but don't know where to start? Writer Dot Smith writes about their picks for the best songs to listen to to immerse ...

When DJ Koze spins records at clubs and festivals, it sounds as if he’s playing his own material, even when he’s not—for him the power of music is closely tied to memory, and his taste, informed by ...

A folk-song festival will take place in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Monday, drawing nearly 200 singers from art troupes across the country. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A folk ...

Electricity? Overrated… ‘Real’ guitarists know that a guitar’s genuine excitement is best earned via the more personal connection of the player plus the resonant wooden body of an acoustic. Decades ...

People everywhere would stand around, become enamoured with their favourite guitar solos and constantly mimic ... as the ongoing licks throughout are heaven-sent, and the lyrics are beautiful, but the ...

In the collection of the National Gallery of Greece. Public Domain Greek folk songs from the 1821 Revolution not only told the stories of brave revolutionaries but also served as historical texts and ...

Despite music’s generally timeless nature, there are some 1960s and ‘70s folk songs that sound exactly like the decade from whence they came. From the slight tape distortion on vocal lines to ...

Whereas artists like Glen Campbell had been toying with the concept of backwards music around the same time, ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ was the first major guitar solo that was recorded entirely backwards.