Lead Belly is another important figure in the early stages of folk. You might recognize one of his trademark songs " Where Did You Sleep Last Night ." The song dates back to the 1800s, but was sung by ...

Yet she made a triumphant comeback with the Grammy-nominated album “Broken English ... of the London music scene. She put out pop singles (“Come and Stay With Me”) and folk songs ...

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Though the tune was credited to Williams, musicologists believe the song was based on an African American folk song called Long ... neglected for 30 years until English band Fleetwood Mac ...

As the Malayalam film Vadakkan, featuring Tamil actor Kishore and Sruthy Menon of Kismat fame, is gearing up for its ...

Folk-pop duo Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, founding members of The Lumineers, celebrated 20 years of songwriting ...

We explore three country songs with lyrics that really have not aged well, from being creepy to weird to just plain grumpy.

You know, making art is tough. You make something from scratch and you put it out there into the world and sometimes it becomes a timeless artifact. And other times, it becomes something you wish ...

In our new music series, we meet musician Bailey who sings for us by the sea. For more great language tips and programmes visit bbclearningenglish.com Show more Welcome to our new music series My ...

The 1980s saw Celine doing well in her native Canada, but she hadn’t quite made it onto the American music scene yet. That changed in 1990 with the release of her first English-speaking album ...

I felt immense happiness and excitement when I learned that a composition by an Armenian musician, Arman Peshtmaljyan, was ...