Offa Rex, a new group composed of The Decemberists and Olivia Chaney (center), reimagines traditional English folk music on The Queen Of Hearts. One thing led to another, and eventually Chaney joined ...

Rachel and Becky Unthank (yes, that's their given name) grew up living and breathing folk music in England's Northumberland County -- their parents, both singers, were active performers, and as the ...

Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society 1932 - 1964 The Journal of the English Folk Dance Society 1927 - 1931 Journal of the Folk-Song Society 1899 - 1931 ...

In a world where some argue that mankind has totally abandoned tradition while others profess that tradition is what is holding us back, Neil Luck and Mimi Doulton demonstrate that it is possible to ...

Of all the folk and roots music booms that have periodically erupted in popular music, one of the most interesting was early-’70s English folk-rock. Ambitious, inventive, deeply rooted and often quite ...

`Panchpuran" is a Hindi expression for "five spices". It is also the title of the flavoursome second album from English folk singer Bill (Belinda) Jones. Having thrown off her "best newcomer" tag for ...

With earthy and arresting harmonies, The Watersons from Hull – originally Norma Waterson and her siblings, Lal and Mike Waterson and their cousin John — revived old English folk songs beginning in the ...

With curious finger-in-the-ear roots, and strange Morris dancing affiliations, English folk enjoys its medieval patterns and country authenticity. With curious finger-in-the-ear roots, and strange ...

THE recent amalgamation of the Folk Song Society with the English Folk Dance Society has been marked by the appearance of a new journal with the title Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song ...