Whitney Houston’s gospel music, Future’s prolific mixtape run, a chunk of Joni Mitchell’s archives and a soundtrack of Brooklyn’s early discos arrived in new packages this year.
Category: Folk Music
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Chatting About the Best Songs of 2023
The most impactful tracks of the year come from different genres and generations — and not all of them are traditional songs.
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Bob Dylan Has Been Playing City-Specific Covers
On the road the past few weeks, the 82-year-old singer-songwriter has been peppering sets with surprising crowd-pleasers.
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Set the Table With This Thanksgiving Playlist
The Highwomen, James Brown and yes, the Cranberries.
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Meet the Next Generation of Black Folk Singers
Hear songs by Amythyst Kiah, Kara Jackson, Tray Wellington and more.
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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.