Only about a decade ago, any serious young musician in Australia would run a mile from being labelled as “folk”. But among the new beards in the inner city, along with a returned desire for the ...

Australia’s Folk Bitch Trio have announced their debut album, Now Would Be a Good Time, out July 25 via Jagjaguwar. To accompany the announcement, the group — Gracie Sinclair, Jeanie Pilkington, and ...

Based in Sweden since 2019, Hazlett has been able to amass a solid fanbase throughout the years, currently with over 3 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The musical path hasn’t always been linear ...

Most Australians know something about “folklore”. Every year crowds converge on Canberra for the National Folk Festival. But, folklore encompasses far more than song and dance. The term refers to a ...

A lyrically centric, cultural fusion folk foursome – the Jammin’ Divas are four ladies and a male bassist who represent four cultures. The eclectically blended group will perform at Sellersville ...

Judith Durham, the Australian folk music icon and lead singer of The Seekers, has died, her record label announced Saturday. She was 79. Durham passed away “peacefully” on Friday evening in Melbourne ...

The cover for the Waifs' "Ironbark" album. For Vikki Thorn, one third of the Australian folk-rock trio The Waifs, next week’s concert at the Ogden Nature Center is a return to the state where she made ...

Australian husband-and-wife musicians Andrew Wrigglesworth and Laura Coates, who record and perform as Weeping Willows, bring their unique brand of folk music to Little Rock for a Saturday show at ...

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