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I was three months into what I thought was a serious attempt at learning Spanish when I first heard Violeta Parra’s “Gracias ...

Do You Believe in Magic.” “You Didn't Have to be so Nice”. “Daydream.” “Did You Ever Have to Make up Your Mind?” “Summer in ...

Brennan who passed away on Monday, April 13. Credited with popularising Irish music and lyrics, the singer, songwriter, ...

Over the years, Portland has played petri dish to a number of musical cultures: garage rock, doom metal, shoegaze. But what’s the Portland sound, wonders indie artist Dakota Theim. “People have told ...

Between the explosive British invasion and the broader counterculture movement, 1966 seems to be the only clear winner in ...

Ageless Children is the experimental one-person band that just released Days I Couldn’t Talk, their proper debut project. The ...

What do bluegrass music and a taxidermy mule have in common? A two-day music festival with Steep Canyon Rangers.

Women of Americana,” a tour that performs Americana music written and popularized by women, performed at the University of Connecticut’s Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, ...

In the vast and ever-evolving landscape of global folk traditions, women have long turned to music as a subtle yet potent form of resistance. Denied access to formal platforms of power political ...

This is a particularly shocking entry on our list of classic rock legends who almost quit music. After all, Paul McCartney ...

Asha Bhosle, the Indian singer whose astonishing range and longevity made her one of the most recorded voices in modern ...