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Folk Art Lives On in Texas

The American Folk Art Museum admits that, “The exact definition of folk art can be nebulous and is often contested,” but nevertheless strives to define it as any art that celebrate...

Born in Alabama 105 Years Ago Today, the Man Behind the Timeless Trucker Country Anthem Recorded by Ernest Tubb, Johnny...

Born in Alabama 105 Years Ago Today, the Man Behind the Timeless Trucker Country Anthem Recorded by Ernest Tubb, Johnny...

On This Day in 2013, We Said Goodbye to the Folk Singer Forever Immortalized in Woodstock History (Thanks to a Traffic J...

Richie Havens, the folk-blues singer who achieved icon status after opening Woodstock, died 13 years ago today at age 72. The post

An outsider artist takes the world’s biggest stage with the US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

VENICE, Italy (AP) — U.S. artist Alma Allen had just months to prepare his exhibition for the Venice Biennale after a fraught selection process came down to the wire. The self-taug...

On This Day in 1999, We Lost the Singer-Songwriter, Poet, and Cartoonist Behind Johnny Cash’s Best-Known Whimsical Hit

On This Day in 1999, We Lost the Singer-Songwriter, Poet, and Cartoonist Behind Johnny Cash’s Best-Known Whimsical Hit

A Workingman’s Surrealist

You could say that H. C. Westermann became an artist on the morning of March 19, 1945. While serving as a marine gunner on the USS Enterprise during World War II, the twenty-two-ye...

Born in Virginia 101 Years Ago Today, the “Voice With a Heart” and Bill Monroe’s Sideman Who Co-Founded the Country Musi...

Marisa Anderson’s (Tunefully) Un-American Activities

The guitarist mined the scholar Harry Smith’s LP collection, recording her takes on songs rooted in regions the United States has been in conflict with since 1970.

Artist Spotlight: Folk’s new hero, Jesse Welles

From the first time I heard Jesse Welles, I knew he was special. It’s his affect, his phrasing, his easy way with the guitar or the harmonica, and most certainly his generational l...

This 1964 Folk Standard-Turned-Pop Hit Was Originally an Attempt to Stand Out at Chuck Berry Concerts

They wanted to stand out, and they certainly did. The post This 1964 Folk Standard-Turned-Pop Hit Was...

Born on This Day in 1921, the Singer-Songwriter Behind the Most Famous No. 1 Hit Novelty Song of the 1950s

Sheb Wooley was a double threat, an icon of country music and acting, and he was born on this very day in 1921. The post

‘Love Is a Sensation’ Spotlights the Boundless Creativity of L.V. Hull

The Mississippi Museum of Art exhibition highlights the Southern artist's artistic way of life. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and s...

Born on This Day in 1928, the Country Star Who Overcame a Stutter to Notch a String of Hits and Wrote an International N...

98 years ago today, the songwriter who penned one of the most-recorded songs in the world and notched a string of hits was born.

FRANKIE THE CRACK HEAD

(My debt is to Mississippi John Hurt for the tune and the country blues style guitar on Stag o' ...

FRANKIE THE CRACK HEAD

(My debt is to Mississippi John Hurt for the tune and the country blues style guitar on Stag o' ...

FRANKIE THE CRACK HEAD

(My debt is to Mississippi John Hurt for the tune and the country blues style guitar on Stag o' ...

88 Years Ago, the “First Lady of the Banjo” Was Born—a Member of One of Country Music’s First Families

David Allan Coe, who wrote 'Take This Job and Shove It' and other country hits, dies at 86

Outlaw country singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, who wrote the blue-collar anthem "Take This Job and Shove It'' and created a singing career after a stint in prison, has died.

3 Modern Artists Who Are Carrying the Torch of Classic Bluegrass

3 Modern Artists Who Are Carrying the Torch of Classic Bluegrass

3 Singers That Dominated the Folk Revival of the 60s (And Made Music History)

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3 Singers That Dominated the Folk Revival of the 60s (And Made Music History)

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