Well before the advent of the drum machine or even the piano, there was folk music. These rich musical traditions have been inspiring composers of art music for centuries. Let's whet our musical ...

Ever wondered to what ragas Kannada popular folk numbers like Munjaneddu Kumbaranna or Ghallu Ghallenuta Gejje come close? Or what karanas of classical dance do some of the steps of Hrithik Roshan or ...

Harpeth Rising is a purveyor of chamber-flavored folk music. Composed of three classically trained artists, Harpeth Rising touts three-part harmonies “reminiscent of both Appalachia and medieval ...

The importance of the folk tradition is beautifully encapsulated by H.G. Wells’s words: “to record folk songs is to record life”. Though many classically trained musicians believe that ragas evolved ...

The jazz cats swagger into the club cool, calm and collected; classical musicians sit in perfectly ordered rows; crunchy folk musicians whisper to their audiences like late night college radio hosts.

This is the second album from the 35-year-old Israeli mandolinist, who garnered a Grammy nomination with his debut album of self-transcribed Bach concertos in 2012. He goes deep into exploration mode ...

The session, Flowing Traditions: Indian Folk & Classical Music in a Changing World, brought together Mudgal and Lakha Khan to ...

In this activity, students will compare classical music and folk music and explore the differences between consonant and dissonant sounds. Alice and violinist Gil Shaham meet in a violin shop at ...

More than three decades after his death, Kumar Gandharva’s music is still popular. His voice is heard in mobile phone ringtones in unlikely places—railway stations, airports, public meetings.

What makes music “folk,” anyway? Forget Pete Seeger or Tracy Chapman: In its broadest definition, folk music can describe any music tied to a specific people, culture, or movement. However, those in ...

Dhrupad, a pristine form of Hindustani classical music that derives from the ancient Chhand-Prabandh Gayan offered compositional structure to the abstract raga. Swami Haridas and Tansen, the court ...