Folk archive
Read Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
September 18, 2012 – Download five new songs heating up NPR station playlists in Chicago, Detroit, Juneau and beyond.
Listen Langhorne Slim On World Cafe WXPN
September 17, 2012 – The bluesy folk-rock singer-songwriter performs songs from his eighth album, The Way We Move. WXPN
Listen The Coal Porters: Pulling Bluegrass Up By The Roots
September 16, 2012 – Sid Griffin's band owes as much of its sound to The Rolling Stones as to traditional bluegrass.
Listen The 2012 Americana Music Association Awards FolkAlley
September 13, 2012 – Listen to the annual awards ceremony honoring the best Americana and folk music of the year. FolkAlley
Watch First Watch: Ben Sollee, 'Unfinished'
September 11, 2012 – Sollee's forthcoming Half Made Man positively soars, with cellos used to feed the drama.
Watch Brown Bird: Folk's Tattooed Troubadours FolkAlley
September 8, 2012 – Watch the rustic but regal Rhode Island duo perform "A Temple and a Cradle" in Greenfield, Mass. FolkAlley
Listen 'American Pie' And The Box Of Records A Father Left Behind
September 7, 2012 – Don McLean's song helped a listener "bridge a gap between [her] long-deceased father and baby boy."
Read The Mix: Americana Music Awards 2012 FolkAlley
September 6, 2012 – Join NPR Music and Folk Alley for a live webcast of the awards on Sept. 12 at 8 p.m. ET. FolkAlley
Listen Lucy Wainwright Roche On Mountain Stage
September 6, 2012 – The folk scion plays music from her most recent album, Lucy, and finishes with a brilliant cover.
Listen Thistle And Shamrock: Jean Redpath
September 5, 2012 – The folk legend reminisces about five decades of sharing song.
Listen The Milk Carton Kids On Mountain Stage
September 5, 2012 – The minimalist folk duo makes its first appearance on the show, recorded live in Charleston, W.V.
Listen Garfunkel Defends His Art
September 1, 2012 – Art Garfunkel says he just wants a little credit for treating the voice as a "virtuoso instrument."
Read First Listen: The Avett Brothers, 'The Carpenter'
August 29, 2012 – The Carpenter dispenses hook-filled anthems amid introspective looks at mortality and devotion.
Listen The Avett Brothers: Matters Of Life And Death
August 26, 2012 – The band's latest album focuses on mortality, a theme that has dominated the members' lives of late.
Watch Doug Paisley: The Outcast's Apostle opbmusic
August 25, 2012 – Watch the folk-rock guitarist fingerpick a haunting tune during Oregon's Pickathon Music Festival. opbmusic