The culmination of Avurudu preparations in my childhood with my grandparents was marked by the ritual of Kevum-making.

Resuming our discussion of writer and critic Eric Illayapaarchchi’s in depth analysis of music (from his book ‘Kalaawa Soya ...

But you are divine.’ (You aren’t skilled, but you are divine). Therefore, the song brings us close to the divine. Even belatedly, we must bestow this divine status to our own Sinhala singers.

These iconic 1960s and '70s folk songs sound as fresh, inspired, and influential as they did when they were first released.

She addressed misconceptions that folk music is limited to rural audiences, emphasizing its richness and growing presence in ...

I’m just a fan of these four tunes, in particular. Nobody was doing folk music in the 1990s like Jeff Buckley. “Last Goodbye” is still considered his most commercially successful single in ...

I'm on a brick patio at Northfield, a popular café in Kathmandu, Nepal, strumming “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” on my guitar ...

A folk-song festival will take place in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Monday, drawing nearly 200 singers from art troupes across the country. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A folk ...

Ed Sheeran has unveiled his new single Azizam - a Persian term of endearment meaning 'my dear' or 'my beloved' - and mixes Persian and Irish folk music on the track. Sheeran worked on the song ...

Ciaran Bartlett is an Irish man who knows exactly how to write an Irish folk song and explains how in this hilarious video.