As the women built a thrumming rhythm from their ipu heke and began to chant the oli, the Hula Halau ‘O Nalua  and ‘Ote’a ...

Instrumental and Traditional Christmas Songs for Ballet and Relaxation. Perfect Christmas Carols to create a Choreography for Ballet Class and Christmas Dance Recital. Listen to Christmas Music if you ...

Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are using Okinawan songs to learn about climate and geology. Justin Higa is a postdoctoral fellow and a Ryukyuan traditional music practitioner. Our ...

The 1970s produced countless folk musicians. Some earned fame while others remained underground heroes. Given the genre’s rich and robust history, particularly in this decade, it’s impossible to know ...

Chinese civilization has always been known as the civilization of rituals and music, with music playing a significant role throughout the dynasties. The development of Chinese traditional music cannot ...

Folk music, above all else, aims to change the world. With every lyric, chord strum, and recording, the genre is attempting to shift the minds and perspectives of its audience. Folk music wants to ...

Millions across the world sing it as the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, linking arms with friends and strangers alike to mark the end of one year and the beginning of another. But what does ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I was once in the Irish town of Kilkenny on a Monday night, generally the quietest night for live music. Yet of the dozen pubs I chanced ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The clock hits 11:58 PM. Your playlist suddenly feels wrong. Half the room wants to dance, the other half wants something meaningful, and you forgot to include anything for the actual countdown. Sound ...

In the streets of Los Angeles, in June, as the city clashed with ICE, the most visible symbol of the protest was the Mexican flag, the tricolor raised over the haze of tear gas and black smoke. Online ...

This visceral collaboration sees Enda Scahill of We Banjo 3 and the Swedish harmonica player Joel Andersson mine seams so deep that they unearth gems gloriously uncut across genres from Irish ...