21st Century Folk is partly inspired by the classic BBC Radio Ballads which were created by Charles Parker, Ewan MacColl and ...

BBC Radio 2 is bringing back 21st Century Folk for a fourth series, with five new songs inspired by listeners whose lives ...

The winners of the RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards were announced in Vicar Street tonight and live on RTÉ Radio 1 in a celebration of the very best in folk music in Ireland from the past year. Susan O'Neill, ...

Highly acclaimed folk singer Eliza Carthy presents this four-part series charting the rise of British folk music from the revival of the 1960s to the thriving folk music scene of today. With music ...

Following two days of festival auditions at Polish Radio's Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio in Warsaw, where eleven competing acts presented their craft, the jury revealed the laureates list on ...

Lankum, a contemporary Dublin folk band consisting of brothers Daragh and Ian Lynch, Cormac MacDiarmada, and Radie Peat, also took home the Best Folk Album award for their 2023 LP "False Lankum." ...

Lankum and Dublin-based singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin were among this year’s winners at RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards. The awards, which celebrate the best of folk music ...

Folk music lost one of its icons over the weekend – one who never played a note. Gene Shay, the venerable Philadelphia disc jockey who emceed the Philadelphia Folk Festival throughout its existence ...

Polish Radio's Folk Culture Center invites artists to battle for glory in its annual prestigious folk and traditional music competitions. Polish Radio's Folk Culture Center invites artists to battle ...