"We Shall Overcome" is particularly well-known as a civil rights anthem. Folk music also played an influential role in environmental political efforts and anti-war protests during the United States' ...

Laman Ismayilova Read more It has been 43 years since the passing of Gara Garayev, a famous Azerbaijani composer, teacher, ...

Jadwiga Sobieska during the Akcja Zbierania Fokloru Muzycznego (Action to Collect Folk Music) campaign, photo: Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences It’s 1945. The Sobieskis, displaced ...

from the minstrel shows after the Civil War to the protest music of the 1960s. “Folk & Acoustic Music” also features all types of folk music, from bluegrass, blues, old-time, gospel ...