In 2008 and 2009, singer-songwriters Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin and Buddy Miller toured together with a show called "Three Girls and Their Buddy." Miller produced and performed on ...

Angela Williamson talks with Travis Johnson. Angela Williamson talks with Travis Johnson, lead singer of the Afro-Folk Gospel group Black Magic. He performs with his brother and sister and their a ...

An Oprah-approved African-American Jew singing gospel music with Hebrew lyrics at a folk festival? That’s just part of what’s in store at this weekend’s Lowell Folk Festival, which runs tonight ...

Cleotha Staples, a member of the popular gospel, folk and R&B group the Staple Singers, died recently at the age of 78. Staples passed away at her home on the South Side of Chicago on February 21. She ...

The National Folk Festival announced four more acts for its 2019 lineup this week. The 79th National Folk Festival is returning to downtown Salisbury from Sept. 6-8, 2019, and will bring acts ...

In the past, the Berklee Gospel & Roots Choir has been employed as a sort of Newport Folk Festival palate-cleanser: a way to kick off the day with something kind, approachable, reverent and rooted in ...

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When Ruthie Foster steps onstage, she is strikingly quiet. Her presence is quiet; her voice is quiet. Her small frame has a language that is very quiet. No divas here, it says. No bullshit, either.

The Newport Folk Festival understands the value of a good palate-cleanser — not to mention the way folk and gospel's roots intertwine — so this year's lineup taps the rich vein of talent at Boston's ...