There’s something special about acoustic guitars. The resonance of the wood right up against your ribs is a unique experience. In this lesson, we’ll go over six easy strumming patterns so you’ll be ...

5/5 Stars Many fans of music do not realize it, but folk music was popular before bands such as Mumford and Sons and the Lumineers came into existence. Folk group’s fiddle-strumming and powerful ...

Brandi Carlile has announced her first solo album in four years, “Returning to Myself,” set to come out Oct. 24. Carlile’s co ...

To follow the career of Roger McGuinn is to trace the history of folk music itself, at least in the modern era. The prolific singer-songwriter’s career has taken him from Chicago coffeehouse stages in ...

Often, it is the conversations among those in the art scene that spur ideas, events and collaborative endeavors. Such is the case with the upcoming, first-ever Morris Burner Hotel Folk Festival.