You can hear the influence of these experiences in his music,a mix of folk,blues, rock and fusion.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

That could include people like the Lomaxes who copyrighted a new arrangement of an old folk song.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk music.

VOA: special.2010.06.20

This band's mix of jazz,world music, folk and rock is a perfect fit for the festival.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

Chesley Sullenberger "The Ballad of Casey Jones" is a folk song about a train engineer who saved the lives of his passengers in a wreck.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Faith Lapidus has more. As a boy,Ben Harper spent a lot of time at his grandparents' record store called The Folk Music Center and Museum in California.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

He also produced a series of radio programs on American folk music.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

The album is a mixture of blues, gospel and folk.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

is an example of a traditional folk song.

VOA: special.2009.07.27

Beyond the main stage, Cajun,brass bands,gospel,country, blues and folk, with a continuous offering of traditional and contemporary jazz and world music.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

And for many others, in Iraq and in other nations, the act turned the journalist into an instant folk hero, inspiring rallies, offers of money and marriage, as well as a statue of a bronze shoe.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15