The Smithsonian's collections and archives are a rich source of information on American folk music and its many genres. Smithsonian Folkways is home to a significant collection of folk music ...

The definition of American folk art is notoriously difficult to pin down. In the twentieth century “folk art” has embraced everything from Pennsylvania German frakturs to eccentric architectural ...

An exuberant “Howdy!” is always a good way to kick off a folk festival — which is what Old Crow Medicine Show’s Ketch Secor ...

25, at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival (Photo by Andrew Potter/The Ark) “It’s times like these we need to hear some of that rabble-rousing American folk music,” Secor, who served as emcee ...