As comedian and folk singer Billy Connolly quipped: “People do rely on falling in love and out of love for songs – as if that is all you do all day. You still have to go and buy sausages and ...

“Tangible evidence of the lives that have come before, literally through finding a fragment.” She views folk songs in a similar way – as a way for the messy, strange, human realities that might be ...

Ukrainians wearing traditional embroidered clothing march in Athens on May 22, 2022, as they celebrate "Vyshyvanka Day", an annual celebration of Ukrainian folk traditions ... to acknowledge that ...

Dan Grimmer, Nome city clerk, speaks during the vigil. Tears, prayers and words of support filled Old St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Nome Friday, where people gathered for a vigil to honor the ...

But as a folk music historian and proponent, he also plans to impart some context and insight and to share his own history in Ann Arbor, which includes busking on the streets there as a teenager ...

Salah, meaning ‘prayer’ or ‘supplication’, is also known as Namaz among non-Arab Muslims. Salah is one of the five pillars of Islam, which form the core beliefs and practices of the religion.

Read about the traditonal instruments of Wales, the history of the music, and the modern artists influenced by Wales' heritage. What are these? All the latest folk highlights, news and reviews on ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

Prayers at the Graveside Aside from the time of mourning, the month of November, including especially All Saints' day and All Souls' day, is a traditional time for visiting graves, as is the ...

Drinks, a few words, chicken barbecue, cookies, desserts, songs and His Eminence going to each table and blessing them. I just want to say we’re grateful for him. The Oscars. Those who can’t ...