Folk

Reyna Roberts, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer and Tiera Kennedy pose for the 2024 CMT Music Awards portraits at the Moody Center on April 07, 2024 in Austin, Texas
Beyoncé's 'Blackbiird' country collaborators all got matching tattoos
Lena Dunham and Allison Williams in 'Girls'
Lena Dunham apologizes to Allison Williams for making her sing Tracy Chapman's 'Fast Car' on Girls
Paramore on tour in Orlando, FL 2023, Allison Russell, winner of the "Best American Roots Performance" award for "Eve Was Black," with trophy, at the 66th Grammy Awards held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024.
Paramore decline Tennessee honor for Grammy win after GOP blocks it for fellow winner Allison Russell
Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs perform at the 66th GRAMMY Awards on February 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
How Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs' moving 'Fast Car' Grammys duet happened: 'She had a vision'
Melanie in 1974
Melanie, Woodstock standout and 'Brand New Key' singer, dies at 76
Best + Worst 2023 collage of Victoria Monét; Pink Pantheress and Ice Spice; Billie Eilish; Doechii; Olivia Rodrigo; Jessie Ware; Miley Cyrus
The 10 best songs of 2023
Shane MacGowan of the Pogues
Shane MacGowan, Pogues frontman and singer behind Christmas classic 'Fairytale of New York,' dies at 65
Timothee Chalamet dialect coach talks the actor's transformation into Bob Dylan.
Timothée Chalamet has unique take on Bob Dylan's voice in new biopic, vocal coach says
Jamila Woods
Jamila Woods wrote an album about love — and dared to tell the truth
Nicki Minaj; The Rolling Stones; Taylor Swift; Drake
19 albums we'll be listening to this fall
Josh Radnor at the Soho House Sock Room - May 2023
Hear the first single from Josh Radnor's solo debut, an album of heartbreak and 'happy accidents'
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett performs with The Coral Reefer Band at The Omni Coliseum on September 4, 1976 in Atlanta, Georgia
Jimmy Buffett, Grammy-nominated 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76
Oliver Anthony and Ron DeSantis
Oliver Anthony slams politicians co-opting his viral hit: 'I wrote the song about those people'
Hozier
Hozier walks through hell but finds the light on Unreal Unearth
Singer/songwriter Rodriguez performs on stage in support of Brian Wilson and Al Jardine at Humphrey's Concerts By The Bay on June 19, 2015 in San Diego, California.
Rodriguez, singer-songwriter and star of Oscar-winning Searching for Sugar Man documentary, dies at 81
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper in 'A Star Is Born'; Lady Gaga's 'Joanne' album cover
Mark Ronson wouldn't let Bradley Cooper use Lady Gaga's Joanne title song for A Star Is Born
Janelle Monae, Kali Uchis, Amaarae, Dave Grohl
The best albums of 2023 (so far)
Paul Simon
Paul Simon reveals he has 'lost most of the hearing' in his left ear
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams is not going down without a fight
Gordon Lightfoot
'Sundown' folk singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot dies at 84
PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 25: Timothée Chalamet is seen arriving at the Jean-Paul Gaultier show during Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture Spring Summer 2023 on January 25, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images)
Timmy on the tracks: Timothée Chalamet will do his own singing in Bob Dylan biopic, director says
boygenius album. boygenius photo credit: Shervin Lainez
The Record review: On their first album as Boygenius, 3 beloved solo artists become an indie-rock supergroup
Oscar Isaac and Gaby Moreno music video
Watch Oscar Isaac, his beard, and a guitar join Gaby Moreno in the new video for 'Luna de Xelajú'
GLENDALE, ARIZONA - MARCH 17: Editorial use only and no commercial use at any time. No use on publication covers is permitted after August 9, 2023. Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Swift City, ERAzona (Glendale, Arizona). The city of Glendale, Arizona was ceremonially renamed to Swift City for March 17-18 in honor of The Eras Tour. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)
See photos from opening night of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour
Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Alex G, Kendrick Lamar and Steve Lacy
The 10 best songs of 2022
Rosalia, Angel Olsen, Matt Healy from the 1975, Beyonce and Pusha T
The 10 best albums of 2022
Joni Mitchell performs during the 2022 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park on July 24, 2022 in Newport, Rhode Island.
Joni Mitchell to perform her first concert in 20 years next June
Marcus Mumford
Marcus Mumford reveals new song is about his childhood sexual abuse: 'I hadn't told anyone about it'
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Joel Goodman/Lnp/Shutterstock (3785643h) The Seekers - Judith Durham The Seekers in concert at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Britain - 29 May 2014
Judith Durham, Australian folk icon behind Oscar-nominated song 'Georgy Girl,' dies at 79
PORTLAND, OREGON - JUNE 12: Shawn Mendes performs during the kick off of the North American leg of "Shawn Mendes: The Tour" at Moda Center on June 12, 2019 in Portland, Oregon. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for SM)
Shawn Mendes cancels the remainder of world tour over mental health concerns 
Joni Mitchell and Brandi Carlile
Joni Mitchell can still bring you to tears singing 'Both Sides Now'
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING;
How Where the Crawdads Sing landed an original song from Taylor Swift
Pusha T performs at Pier 17 Rooftop on June 16, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images; FKA Twigs attends the BandLab NME Awards 2022 at O2 Academy Brixton on March 2, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage); Thom Yorke of The Smile performs at Manchester Academy on June 02, 2022 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Shirlaine Forrest/WireImage)
The best albums of 2022 (so far)
Don McLean performs at An Evening With Don McLean at the GRAMMY Museum on March 25, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
'American Pie' singer Don McLean pulls out of NRA convention over Uvalde shooting: 'Disrespectful and hurtful'
Jewel
Jewel slams 'small-penis man' and former MTV anchor Kurt Loder for belittling her early in her career
Joni Mitchell speaks onstage during MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Joni Mitchell at MGM Grand Marquee Ballroom on April 01, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Joni Mitchell takes the stage for a rare public performance at pre-Grammys tribute gala
Awardist Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile sings 'Smelly Cat,' reflects on her 5 Grammy nominations this year
Jake Gyllenhaal; Taylor Swift
Jake Gyllenhaal breaks his silence on the Taylor Swift 'All Too Well' fan hate: 'It has nothing to do with me'
Willie Nelson Skechers Super Bowl ad
Willie Nelson's new Super Bowl ad calls for legalization of… shoes?
James Blunt
James Blunt jokingly threatens to release new music unless Spotify removes Joe Rogan's podcast
Kennedy Center Honors
Joni Mitchell removes her music from Spotify, joins Neil Young in protest of COVID 'lies'
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, two of music's most accomplished singers, are still honing their voices
Brandi Carlile
Brandi Carlile is a portrait of grace and acceptance on In These Silent Days
Winston Marshall
Mumford & Sons guitarist Winston Marshall officially leaves band to speak freely after political controversy
Miranda Lambert The Marfa Tapes
Miranda Lambert is finally breathing again
Taylor Swift Evermore
Taylor Swift and Evermore theme park are at odds nevermore as both drop their lawsuits
Winston Marshall
Mumford & Sons member 'taking time away from the band' after promoting right-wing pundit's book
Taylor Swift Evermore
Taylor Swift's deluxe edition of Evermore with two bonus songs drops on streaming
Taylor Swift Evermore
Taylor Swift announces second surprise album, Evermore, a 'sister' record to Folklore
The Kelly Clarkson Show - Season 1
Garth Brooks has Kelly Clarkson in tears singing 'To Make You Feel My Love'
Mandy Moore
Mandy Moore announces first music tour in more than a decade
Trixie Mattel
Trixie Mattel is ready to gag you on Grown Up, her most ambitious tour yet
Marianne Ihlen and Leonard Cohen
How an early romance helped shape Leonard Cohen's music
Jade Bird
Breaking Big: Jade Bird on her self-titled debut, gigging as a teenager, and her love of riot grrrl bands
Amanda Shires (2018)
How poetry and fear influenced Amanda Shires' new album, To The Sunset
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Legendary songwriter Leonard Cohen dies at 82
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Amanda Shires debuts striking new song 'Harmless' — exclusive
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Venus and the Moon channel songs from celestial bodies
Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull talks rock stars and misogyny
Joe Fletcher
Stream Joe Fletcher's raw and gritty 'You've Got the Wrong Man' LP
Avett Brothers Publicity
The Avett Brothers on their new album 'Magpie and the Dandelion'
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See The Avett Brothers' 'Another Is Waiting' music video!
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Deer Tick, Bill Callahan revive the introspective rock dude