Folk

First Lady Michelle Obama spoke about the Let Girls Learn Initiative at the keynote of the SXSW Music Festival 2016 in Austin, Texas.

Hard-luck tales of criminals and lost souls drive the lyrics and give the music its wistful flavor, but an acute songwriting sensibility, rich, salty musicianship, and mournful vocals combine magically into an uplifting spirit. That's the magic of good music.

Janis Ian's work is sheer artistic genius.

If you're a fan of Steve Earle, Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, or American roots music in general, you'll very likely dig the new one from the gritty troubadour.

The Olivier Award-winning cabaret singer tells us about her creative process, her collaboration with novelist Paolo Coelho and a raft of international musicians on 'The 9 Secrets,' life on the road, and the Blizzard of 2016 in New York.

James Brant has put together a collection of almost delicate songs that would work well as welcoming, warm background music to any calm, loving, social get-together.

‘Merry Christmas, With Love’ is a six-song EP heavily laden with Lambert’s unique style.

Finn's dark, drama-drenched writing mixes nicely with Kelly's more straightforward folk and folk-rock songs; the optimism of Kelly's work is a pleasing counterweight to the seriousness of the sublime pop Finn has crafted over the decades. Both singer-songwriters are in excellent voice on this live recording from 2013.

This series of previously unreleased material just keeps getting better, nearly a quarter-century into its existence.

A German chanteuse and German pianist teamed with an Israeli string quartet at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall presenting songs from multiple cultures to celebrate the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations.