An oral tradition, folk music was a way for the illiterate masses to pass down stories of war, hardship and the struggle to survive everyday life from generation to generation. Every culture has ...

These iconic 1960s and '70s folk songs sound as fresh, inspired, and influential as they did when they were first released.

Folk music is traditional music that belongs to a particular culture or group of people. Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created by ordinary people within a ...

Ciaran Bartlett is an Irish man who knows exactly how to write an Irish folk song and explains how in this hilarious video.

Greek folk songs of the 1821 Revolution not only told stories of brave revolutionaries, but also served as historical texts.