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Billy Strings was named artist of the year and Molly Tuttle picked up album of the year at the International Folk Music Awards.

NPR’s World Café will exclusively live-stream the International Folk Music Awards tomorrow night at 7:30pm Central: HERE

“To me music is like medicine.”

Sometimes a couple will set out specifically to find a song that suits them just right. More often, it seems, the song finds the couple.

Joyville — Joel Eric Raymond, 69, died on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in Denver, Colo. He was born in Bar Harbor on Feb. 19, 1954, the ...

Gordon’s international performing and recording career reaches from Bach to bluegrass, from grand opera to jazz, from Mozart to songs of the Oregon Trail. He has sung more than 60 leading roles with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the San Francisco Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, and other major opera houses in North America, Europe, and Japan.

Though they come from different generations, Taylor Swift and Joan Baez both began as guitar-wielding teenagers with a story to tell.

Critic Geoffrey Himes takes a look at the most overlooked albums of 2023, diving into the worlds of bluegrass, jazz and blues.

Folk Alliance International (FAI), a 501(c)3 and the foremost global nonprofit for folk music, will present a convening of some of the music industry's leading authorities and creators to address the ability of folk music to galvanize and catalyze movements to advance our world, at its 36th Annual Conference February 21-25, 2024 in Kansas City, MO. FAI has confirmed the International Folk Music Award (which are part of the conference) upcoming recipients and Best of 2023 nominees as well as ...

Tracy Chapman is set to receive a lifetime achievement award at the 2024 International Folk Music Awards. Also: nominees in best of 2023 categories.