The late 19th century sparked a movement to preserve musical traditions, which was eventually solidified as the folk genre in the following century. Elizabeth Cotten helped to define folk music over a ...

“Little Lion Man” from Sigh No More (2009) This debut single introduced the British group’s uptempo and anxious folk music. Though the sound and aesthetic are quaint, the track is anything but.

Where the American folk music revival that began in the ’40s and ’50s often looked back in time for its inspiration and source material, the modern folk of the artists on the bill for the Los ...

The reason for forming folk metal is simple, according to founding Korpiklaani vocalist and guitarist Jonne Järvelä. “There’s just a lot of fun in this sound of music,” he says. Fair enough.