The stages of American folk music began with early folk, which spanned from the late 18th century through the early 20th century. What started off as an English rural tradition became its own form ...

(New York Jewish Week) – Two folk music traditions that developed on opposite sides of the world from one another will come together for a one-night-only performance in New York City.

In the Mountain Strings, Celtic and American Ensembles, BYU students explore various types of music from around the world, from Ireland and Scotland to Russia and Macedonia.

The score needed to have edge and grit and gloom, so Dessner crafted a “dark twisted American folk music” sound. ... To pull that off, he turned to certain instruments.

Craig Judelman and Michael Alpert's album "In Der Heym" blends klezmer and American folk to create a new — but familiar — sound.

Old-time music is a genre of North American folk music. It developed along with various North American folk dances, such as square dancing, clogging and buck dancing.

At a music-filled evening in Delhi, Tony Seeger, nephew of legendary American folk singer Pete Seeger, traced how archives, cowboy songs, and a banjo revived a fading musical tradition.