A SIMPLE, kindly, honest people are the Breton folk. Not French at all, but very far from it, although they nowadays choose deputies to the legislative body in Paris, and their rugged granite country ...

Maureen O'Donoghue lives in Paris and sings and plays guitar in a duo with Scotsman Jordan Kay. I attended one of their recent gigs in “La Cave Café”, Paris 75018. That night, the terrific music gave ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

Though the term “folk music” goes back to the mid-19th century, its modern coinage typically refers to the post-war folk revivals in England and America—though it can also describe any indigenous ...