Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 23, 1940, American folk legend Woody Guthrie wrote 'This Land is My Land' in his hotel room in New York City. The song ...

View post: GameStop Issues ‘Warning’ for Wii U, PS3 and Xbox 360 Owners Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land is Your Land" in 1940 as a response to "God Bless America." The song contrasts American ideals ...

Last month, local Pittsboro musician and songwriter Joseph Terrell posted his song, titled “Genuine American Hero” to social media. The song now has more than 3 million views on TikTok. The song ...

Just after graduating from the IU Jacobs School of Music in 2005, Aaron Jones, who studied harpsichord, started the band with some friends from the music school. Jones said the band has consisted of ...

Music may or may not have the power to soothe the savage breast, but it cracks open a path to forgiveness and reconciliation in “The Porch on Windy Hill,” an affecting “new play with old music,” as it ...

Last week, Pittsboro singer-songwriter Joseph Terrell uploaded a new song to social media. Titled “Genuine American Hero,” the folk protest song is written in the style of John Prine or Phil Ochs and ...

Carthy wears his considerable history lightly. His album was reflective without being nostalgic or complacent, building on a lifetime’s commitment to the performance and interpretation of traditional ...

“Through all the sorrow of the Sorrow Songs there breathes a hope—a faith in the ultimate justice of things. ” — W.E.B. Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Hope lives in sound. It lives in memory. And in ...

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 ...

Folk songs have a particular place in the world. Unlike many other genres, folk songs are meant to be meditated on. Listeners are meant to chew on the lyrics to gain some understanding of the world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Paul Simon first arrived in Britain in the mid-1960s, he was still an emerging American songwriter searching for inspiration.