The awards will be presented on the first night of Folk Alliance International’s 38th annual conference, set for Jan. 21-25 in New Orleans.

Early this summer, the Capital Region based Americana band Zan and the Winter Folk released their first full length album “New Morse Code.” Led by songwriter Zan Strumfeld on guitar and vocals, The ...

A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: The Grammy-winning folk duo of Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings have made a career singing about hard times. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HASHTAG") GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVE RAWLINGS: (Singing ...

The timelessness of great folk music makes it something that never goes out of style, and something that we just can’t seem to ever get enough of. Sometimes, time-tested folk traditions infiltrate the ...

The Folk Album of the Year Award has revealed its first-ever shortlist: nine outstanding albums released in Britain and Ireland in 2025 ...

What a long, long, strange trip it’s been for Zan and The Winter Folk to get their first full-length studio album into the world. The Troy-based quintet — Zan Strumfeld on vocals and guitar, Will ...

Available on vinyl, digital and compact disc formats for successive late 2025 Record Store Days, Warren Zevon's final live ...

Only a few more lists to burn through before 2023 is over, and today we are looking at our favorite indie folk records of the year. It’s categorically one of our favorite genres, and these last 12 ...

Willi Carlisle is back with a new album. This summer, the folk singer and songwriter will release Winged Victory, his fourth studio album and his first since last year’s standout collection ...

Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks has gotten plenty of love through the years, but I happen to think this gorgeous 1968 folk record is on the underrated side. Morrison started his career on the pop side of ...

The best folk albums tend to suit this time of year—the muddy oranges, browns and greens; the slowing-down after frenzied summers; the darkness. Blending an embrace of the melancholy with an interest ...