Bob Dylan was unplugged before that term meant anything. In 1994, he returned to the format for a memorable 'MTV Unplugged' ...

The 2026 Newport Folk Festival lineup is taking shape, with organizers steadily unveiling artists over the past two weeks in the event’s signature rolling announcement style. One of the biggest names ...

Mirabelle Skipworth is an alt-folk songwriter based in Pittsburgh, PA, who has been performing her songs for the past decade. Traveling around with her ...

For its 38th annual conference, Folk Alliance International returned to New Orleans, home of their largest-ever event (2020’s draw of 3,600 people) and the epicenter of one of the nation’s great ...

Glen Phillips has spent nearly four decades as the lead singer and primary songwriter of Toad the Wet Sprocket, helping shape the band’s elegant folk-pop sound and deeply introspective lyricism. His ...

Labi Siffre, the 80-year-old British folk singer, has announced his first new album in 28 years. Siffre is making a comeback with his aptly titled upcoming album, Unfinished Business, out later this ...

Eliza Noxon doesn’t hide behind metaphor. Her songs arrive unguarded—clear-eyed dispatches from the messy interior of becoming. Rooted in traditional folk ...

Despite carrying the weight of years of anticipation, J. Cole’s “The Fall-Off” explores legacy, fear and fulfillment across ...

Siffre took a sporadic approach to releasing music over the years, dropping six albums in a five-year span during the ’70s, including his standout LP Crying Laughing Loving Lying, before retiring.

Next-level cover bands, nineties indie folk-pop darlings, and the possible birth of a brand-new genre in the San Diego music scene this week.

Labi Siffre, a UK folk musician influenced by soul and jazz, has had a fascinating career. Over the decades, Siffre has only intermittently been active — a cluster of solo albums in the early ’70s, a ...

Folk-rock band Caamp, founded by two Columbus natives, is returning home for an Aug. 29 concert at the Schott. Find out when and how to get tickets.