Arlo Guthrie is the oldest son of folk-music legend Woody Guthrie and Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, a dancer in the Martha Graham Company.
The conference also highlighted the launch of a new Mari-language radio station, which crucially will include not just the folk-music and poetry beloved by cultural conservationists, but also modern idioms such as rap music in Mari.
Back then, pop-folk music and its lifestyle were associated with the mafia-dominated nouveau-riche class that sprung out of the marriage between capitalism and lawlessness in the region's nascent democracies but, over time, it crossed over into the mainstream.
The allegoric musical includes folk-tinged original music by Tony Award-winner Duncan Sheik ("Spring Awakening"), with thoughtful lyrics by W. H.
English singer-songwriter Newton Faulkner specializes in folk-tinged pop music.
The soundtrack, with original music by Malaysian composer Adam Mansor, combines urban dance music with traditional Malay folk music -- in harmony with the storyline about a hip-hop band in Kuala Lumpur who head east into the Malay heartland, on the run from loan sharks because they can't repay the money they borrowed for their equipment.
After the lunchtime event on the closing weekend of Celtic Connections - Glasgow's annual folk and world music festival - it will embark on its latest name change.
Should you not arrive in June, there are also several locales that play folk music year-round.
Their mix of explicit lyrics, accordions, tubas and 12-string acoustic guitars make for an odd cross between gangsta rap and polka-esque folk music.
Ireland's Guggenheim Grotto creates an electronics-infused brand of folk music, blending programmed beats and acoustic instruments with point-on harmonies and honest, observational lyrics.
There was a Romanian folk music and dance-influenced Gypsy section, before the Rave element, which had far eastern influences, emerging "all sparkly and sporty".
Paul, Minnesota, presents a diverse array of musical offerings, from pop and folk to award-winning classical music programs such as ' Performance Today' and ' Pipedreams.
Merritt's music is hard to pin down: She incorporates gospel, soul, '70s California rock 'n' roll and warm echoes of Joni Mitchell's brand of folk music into her piano-based country songs.
The British folk rebels of the early 1970s explained their rocked-out Child ballads as a way of taking folk music out of museums and giving it back to folks.
Over the years, the musician was variously branded a "living library" of folk music and a "one-man folk festival".
The workers' nights of organising, educating, poetry and barter may be a thing of the past but the music - Afropop, folk, cabaret or indie depending on the room and the night - remains.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" has been recorded dozens of times as folk music, hard rock, hip-hop and reggae.
The music is moving toward a folk-rock sound of the 1960s and 1970s.
She says New York's best music scene - called anti-folk and comprising singer-songwriters who perform informally - did not get covered by the NME's recent cover story about the city.
He blends rock, folk, blues and classically influenced music into a boundary-defying style that has won him a devoted following all over the world.
Bragg, known for his political lyrics, was awarded the Roots Award - in recognition of "an outstanding contribution to Folk Music from a Grass Roots level upwards".
Cabic and Banhart draw inspiration from the same set of obscure late-'60s British folk songs, and while Vetiver's music has always sounded as if it were dug out of amber, on Thing of the Past Cabic turns to his record collection for material, not just guidance.
Morris dancing involves teams of dancers - often wearing hats and bells on their legs - wielding handkerchiefs, sticks or swords, to the accompaniment of folk music.
She has pretty much carved out a music career single-handedly, becoming something of a darling of the folk-bluegrass-country set.
This hipster hangout hosts an eclectic mix of live music acts ranging from avant-garde to Arabic hip-hop and Hebrew folk ensembles.
The festival begins with Mr. Varone and the premiere of his dance "Mouth Above Water" (Feb. 22-24), a fractured take on a folk tale examining themes of love, murder and music.
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He was already a seasoned local and regional performer, playing both old-time music and what he called "rockabilly and pop standards, " when the folk boom of the 1960s put him in front of a new set of audiences with his voice, banjo and acoustic guitar.
Hence, in the frame of the overall enlargement process of the European Union, A River's Dream intends to promote folk music, an intangible cultural heritage, as a means of reconciliation, regional and cross-border cooperation and, a vehicle of cultural identity and diversity as well as of mutual understanding.
In one day, I got a free curling lesson from a moustached Quebecois man, saw a dogsled race on snowy 400-year-old lanes, ate a juicy caribou steak in one of the continent's oldest restaurants, watched boites a chansons (local folk music) shows with hipster locals and yelled "allez allez" at a wild minor-league hockey game.
On Wednesday evenings during peak travel season (July to mid-August), the church is home to a popular series of jazz, classical and folk music concerts.
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