If you're looking to let go a tear or feel something that hasn't been felt in a while, then listen to one of these three folk ballads.

He was both the longtime archivist of folk music at the Library of Congress and a widely respected singer and songwriter. By Clay Risen Joe Hickerson, a singer and songwriter who as the lead archivist ...

Given the title, you’re probably asking yourself: What folk music came out during the 1980s? That is an entirely fair question, as the genre’s relevance took a nose-dive with the rise of synth-pop, ...

Hickerson helped co-wrote two additional verses of the Pete Seeger folk classic "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" By Gil Kaufman Joe Hickerson, a singer-songwriter who served as the lead archivist ...

Justin Bieber really loves his wife, Hailey Bieber, and he’s making it known on his new album, Swag II. One of the tracks, “Love Song,” is about his desire to write one for Hailey. On the chorus, he ...

If the only Italian vocalists you know are Pavarotti and Bocelli, meet Amanda Pascali, a Texas singer-songwriter who takes an intriguing new approach to Italian music. Working with Fort Worth producer ...

Those wedding bells sound suspiciously like a Taylor Swift song. The pop star, and all-around poet laureate of love, took fans by surprise when she announced her engagement to NFL player Travis Kelce ...

Swift and Travis Kelce announced their engagement in an Aug. 26 Instagram post Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

GILFORD, N.H. — A few songs into his set on Thursday at the BankNH Pavilion near Lake Winnipesaukee, Neil Young started to tell a story about the guitar he was holding. A vintage Gretsch 6120, he’d ...

This is a story about the strange intersection of DNA and digital audio, science and song. Background: I've been fascinated by DNA mapping and identifying relatives since the Human Genome Project was ...

When it comes to Taylor Swift’s biggest hits, “All Too Well” is in a league of its own. Originally featured on her fourth studio album Red in 2012, Swift is rumored to have written “All Too Well” ...

Live at the BBC Proms: Ryan Bancroft conducts the wind, brass and percussion of the London Symphony Orchestra in folk-song arrangements by Vaughan Williams, Grainger and Arnold. Show more Live at the ...