"Snake Song" by Townes Van Zandt is a legendary piece of work, and it makes sense why alt-rock artists love it so dearly.

The Journal of American Folklore Vol. 15, No. 56, Jan. - Mar., 1902 The Bear-Maiden. An Ojibwa Folk-Tale fro... The Bear-Maiden. An Ojibwa Folk-Tale from lac Courte Oreille Reservation, Wisconsin This ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

These rock musicians from the 1960s got a taste of fame, and then promptly disappeared. Let's learn more about what happened ...

and research and teaching materials on American music, folklore, and psalmody. Collegiate song books collected by Walter S. "Wally" Collins (1926-1997), including extensive research materials on the ...

The majority of these films utilize ancient European myths and traditions. However, the rarer American folk horror films tend to either focus on witchcraft like in The Blair Witch Project or the ...

Gruff Rhys will embark on his American Interior 10th anniversary tour in April, and he’s just announced a reissue of that 2014 album which will be out May 16 via Rough Trade. The album has been ...