A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

Many saw them as wise individuals who knew legends, prayers and magical procedures. The contemporary Polish folk group Warsaw Village Band has made some great music using this instrument, the strings ...

Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created by ordinary people within a culture, that's been played or sung to one another, for a very long time. People would ...

The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

a folk music instrument shop in Central London, and organised by a group of queer folk obsessive friends and shop employees. These sessions have given rise to a six- piece band which, though ...

The popularity of Kahan's songs, which combine confessional lyrics, cheerful melodies and a lot of acoustic guitar, signalled that a revival of a certain kind of folk music, stomp-clap-hey ...

and folk and Adivasi genres, is split in four parts – stringed, wind, percussion and solid instruments. “The exhibition portrays the cosmic significance of music and musical instruments in ...