This 1972 record from Mellow Candle is a great example of what Irish bands were doing with the genre in the 1970s. Clodagh Simonds’ piano tracks are on another level, and the addition of the ...

"We met Johnny Cash on the last gig the Beatles did, in San Francisco," Ringo Starr says today. "That was the last time we ...

The repertoire here is four votive antiphons, extended constructions of 12-17 minutes duration each, scored in five parts and ...

Dr. James P. “Jim” Dougherty, 74, the founder of the Northern Appalachian Folk Festival passed away peacefully in his home, ...

Appalachian bluegrassers and more. Milwaukee folk-punk buskers turned alternative radio hitmakers the Violent Femmes are also ...

That environment included music: Bachman’s father is a guitarist, and the family record collection included bluegrass, Appalachian folk and country blues. As children, Bachman and his sister ...

From mid-2023 to September 2024, many banks offered attractive certificate of deposit (CD) rates of around 5%. But now that the Federal Reserve has been cutting rates, CD yields are dropping too.

The project was funded through a grant as part of the ARC Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative program, which encourages groups to address a community-defined need in an at-risk or ...

Folk music doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being the happiest of the genres. With many popular folk songs telling tales of grief, heartbreak and destitution, it’s far more commonly associated ...

Learn more. Sarah McQuaid: A night of Irish and Appalachian Folk Music is planned 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at Somerset Abbey, 98 Main St., Madison. The renowned folk singer, songwriter and ...