There’s something special about acoustic guitars. The resonance of the wood right up against your ribs is a unique experience. In this lesson, we’ll go over six easy strumming patterns so you’ll be ...

To follow the career of Roger McGuinn is to trace the history of folk music itself, at least in the modern era. The prolific singer-songwriter’s career has taken him from Chicago coffeehouse stages in ...

In its nearly 25-year history, the Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival has called several locations home and has seen performers come and go. One thing has remained constant: Juel Ulven.

Often, it is the conversations among those in the art scene that spur ideas, events and collaborative endeavors. Such is the case with the upcoming, first-ever Morris Burner Hotel Folk Festival.

From the beginning, Swedish songwriter Kristian Matsson – better known by his stage name The Tallest Man on Earth – has drawn Bob Dylan comparisons with his feverish guitar strumming, reedy vocals and ...