Both as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one ...

An early 19th-century French Mirecourt violin, from the private collection of the family of Nobel Prize-winning Irish poet W. B. Yeats, will be offered for sale at Dominic Winter Auctioneers on July ...

The guitarists on this list hail from all corners of the musical spectrum, but, inevitably perhaps, there is one towering name that crops up, time and time again – Rory Gallagher. Although he seems ...

At a time when increasing debates on cultural identity shape how communities see one another, the musicians of Macalla are quietly carving out a different kind of narrative. The eight-piece ensemble ...

‘Oft, in the Stilly Night’ and ‘Smilin’ Through’ were the only songs Margaret Barry knew by heart when she first plucked up enough courage to sing on the streets. Though she was later to share a ...

Rather than relying on grand orchestral spectacle, The Odyssey embraces restraint. That's exactly why this piece explores how musician Ludwig Goransson and director Christopher Nolan use ancient ...

The Hurricane leader, soundtrack composer, and veteran rock axeman explains how he’s taken career ups and downs in his stride ...

Jennifer Precious Finch of the Los Angeles punk band L7 has died following a battle with brain cancer. She was 59.

An anonymous watercolor portrait of Francis Johnson holding an early 19th-century horn Courtesy NYPL On March 9, 1819, a supremely gifted musician named Francis “Frank” Johnson played a concert at the ...

Against a backdrop of some notable small venue closures over the last few years, the grassroots music scene in Sheffield ...

Some of the music world's biggest artists, including Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, are country singers or feature country music among their output and influences. The genre is a massive worldwide industry ...

Penn Live Arts has revealed details of its Americana Festival: Roots & Reinventions, February 11-13, 2027. Curated by banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck, PLA's Brownstein Artist-in-Residence for the 2026-27 ...