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 ...

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In the 1960s and 1970s, the most popular rock and roll subgenre was, without a doubt, folk rock. Popularized by groups and artists such as Bob Dylan, The Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and CSN, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do you know your Merry Gentlemen from your Three Kings? Test yourself on our quiz — and when you're done, try our modern Christmas songs quiz. Take a squiz at the ABC's New Quiz topic page and see if ...

Laura Vaccaro Seeger carries on the family tradition with I Had a Rooster: A Traditional Folk Song. Based on a concept by Ruth Crawford Seeger (stepmother of Pete), this song in book form introduces ...

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 ...

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 ...

From mainland Europe to South Asia, the festive season looks and smells very different from Britain’s Christmas dinner. In Denmark and Finland, pickled herring and smoked pork ribs steal the show on ...