Hua'er, northwest China's centuries-old folk song form, unites diverse ethnic ... Though he can barely understand the improvised Chinese lyrics, he is captivated by the performers. “Their joy is ...

(He called folk music “the organic cultural product of the proletariat.”) To find the folk songs they perform, the bands’ members often trawl YouTube, delve into online folk music archives ...

Not many of Billy Joel’s fans likely think of him as a folk singer ... on most rock songs), they evoked rolling waves. The harmonica and violin (the latter played by classical music legend ...

McRae’s sophomore album, the folk-pop ... drawn to certain songs like “Massachusetts” over others. Cook says it’s the same amorphous quality that drives all good music: honesty.

A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity ... and ad-supported tiers of leading audio and video music services, plus download sales from top music retailers within the ...

The second—and more influential—demiurge of the folk-music microcosm is Bob Dylan, who is also twenty-three. Dylan’s impact has been the greater because he is a writer of songs as well as a ...

Billboard Canadian Hot 100 This week’s most popular songs in Canada across all genres, ranked by radio airplay audience impressions as measured by Nielsen Music, sales data as compiled by ...

Part of the reason that riffs in folk music don’t get the respect of their rock counterparts is because of how the instrumental of the song is often in support of the singer, especially when you get ...