Some of the best songs in the history of popular music are truly undefinable, and that is what, in part, makes them so phenomenally iconic. These classic songs that can’t be pigeon-holed into one ...

Covers the development of American folk music from African music, English ballads and other sources, the origins of folk instruments and folk influences on gospel, blues, bluegrass, jazz, country ...

Library of Congress archivist Joe Hickerson has died at 89. For decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music and served as director of the library's American Folklife Center. Joe ...