Hear songs by Amythyst Kiah, Kara Jackson, Tray Wellington and more.
Category: Folk Music
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12 Grammy Nominees You Need to Hear
Some of the best competitions are the under-the-radar ones. Listen to nominated songs by Bettye LaVette, Molly Tuttle, Tainy and more.
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Grammy Awards 2024: Full List of Nominees
Artists, albums and songs competing for trophies at the 66th annual ceremony are being announced on Friday. The show will take place on Feb. 4 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
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Black Folk Musicians Are Reclaiming the Genre
In returning to a songbook that is decades — if not centuries — old, a new generation of performers is expanding the definition of what their traditional art form can be.
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This Is Our Music
The folk musicians Dom Flemons, Kara Jackson, Amythyst Kiah and Tray Wellington discuss the complications of being a Black performer working in a genre now commonly associated with whiteness.
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What Fuels the ‘Manic Creativity’ of Joan Baez
The 82-year-old singer and subject of a new documentary sleeps in a tree, has come to terms with not being a reader and is more interested in upside down than right side up.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous Parentage Is Questioned
An investigation by the CBC disputed a key part of Sainte-Marie’s story, saying that a birth certificate shows she was born to a white family in Massachusetts.
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Mr Eazi’s Anthem of Gratitude, and 12 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Silvana Estrada, Old Dominion, Nadine Shah and others.
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My Haul From the WFMU Record Fair
Rounding out a record collection with finds from the Beach Boys, Kraftwerk and Roberta Flack.
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Victor Jara Killing: Ex-Chilean Soldier Arrested in Florida
Pedro Barrientos, 74, is accused of killing the popular Chilean singer in 1973. In a civil case, Mr. Barrientos was accused of bragging about shooting Mr. Jara twice in the head.
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‘Joan Baez I Am a Noise’ Review: Fountain of Nostalgia
A new documentary about the folk singer and activist Joan Baez contains a gold mine of archival materials.
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Maren Morris Revels in a Fresh Start, and 10 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Cat Power, Chris Stapleton, Loraine James and others.