Musician Ethan James, whose career spanned the psychedelic 1960s to the punk 1980s and ended as a performer of medieval folk music, has died. He was 56. Mr. James, who moved back to San Francisco ...

Here's another example of a metal song performed on non-metal instruments that still kicks ass. Normally these type of videos are DIY and live strictly on YouTube ...

On a soft September night in a medieval Cairo palace, El Tanboura, a group of musicians from Port Said, played folk songs while dancing and singing away as a fascinated audience clapped in delight.

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The 13th annual North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance kicks off in Vancouver today with performances by B.C.'s own Puentes Brothers and Finland's Gjalarhorm. The travelling festival, billed as ...

Since 1999, Belarusian music ensemble Stary Olsa (Стары Ольса) has been known for playing medieval folk music on traditional instruments, including the lyre, mandolin, flute, and gusli. That may seem ...

How do we listen to music that tells stories, when we don’t speak the language? I have often grappled with this in recent years, feeling increasingly frustrated by language as a barrier to cultural ...

Jan Zizka, a beloved 15th-century Czech folk hero, looms large in the nation’s collective consciousness, a skilled, ingenious, one-eyed warrior who led peasants and rebels into battles that he never ...

Audiences will be enchanted by a tapestry of music and movement featuring the festive sounds of brass and the radiant voice ...

Ireland is full of historical sites, from a medieval Irish inn located in Kilkenny to a neolithic tomb that's Ireland's "answer to the Pyramids." While most tourists dive head-first into touristy ...