Folk music

‘You have to get behind the song’: singer Sam Amidon on fronting Bon Iver, schooling Paul Mescal and the new folk revival

Bon Iver asked him to cover his new material and he’s teaching Mescal and Josh O’Connor to sing. But the interpreter is more interested in songs than stardom

Laura Snapes

22, Jan, 2025 @3:11 PM

Garth Hudson obituary

Innovative organist with the Band, the rock group who changed the way their contemporaries thought about music

Richard Williams

21, Jan, 2025 @6:00 PM

‘The hair, the voice, the casual cruelty – they nailed it!’ Bob Dylan experts rate A Complete Unknown

Are the guitars right? Is Joan Baez sidelined? Who is this Sylvie Russo? And why is it an American shouting ‘Judas’? A Dylan tribute singer, two biographers, a superfan and more weigh in

21, Jan, 2025 @5:14 PM

Madison Cunningham review – complex new tunes from a folk singer with a knack for a twist

The Los Angeles musician is developing a heavier, rockier sound than before, but her astonishing voice and intuitive melodies are as strong as ever

Katie Hawthorne

19, Jan, 2025 @2:23 PM

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: ‘With music, we give ourselves up. It’s when we’re allowed to be ourselves’

Revered American musician Will Oldham on recording his new album with some of Nashville’s finest, helping Johnny Cash sing I See a Darkness, and his dismay at US politics

Jude Rogers

19, Jan, 2025 @12:00 PM

A Complete Unknown review – Timothée Chalamet radiates charisma in evocative Dylan biopic

James Mangold’s handsome portrait of the enigmatic singer’s stratospheric early career boasts a barnstorming lead performance yet often slips into heavy-handedness

Wendy Ide

19, Jan, 2025 @8:00 AM

Musical duo Baba Stiltz and Okay Kaya: ‘Basically our music’s for losers’

The Scandi stars were building separate careers in the US when a friend got them to team up. Now the pair have become an unlikely folk-pop powerhouse

Stevie Chick

13, Jan, 2025 @10:00 AM

‘What’s going on in Bob Dylan’s head’: Mr Tambourine Man lyrics up for auction

Rare drafts of one of Dylan’s best known songs found in journalist’s archive could fetch up to $1 million as part of wider legacy sale

Donna Ferguson

12, Jan, 2025 @9:00 AM

Tunng: Love You All Over review – a delightfully quirky return from the folktronica pioneers

The inventive English six-piece deliver another slice of whimsy, wit and gentle musical experimentation

Neil Spencer

11, Jan, 2025 @4:00 PM

Peter Yarrow obituary

Singer and songwriter with the American folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary who found fame in the 1960s

Derek Schofield

08, Jan, 2025 @2:35 PM

Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies aged 86

Known for his political songs as well as Puff, the Magic Dragon, the group’s co-songwriter died of bladder cancer

Laura Snapes Deputy music editor

07, Jan, 2025 @6:16 PM

Bridget Hayden and the Apparitions: Cold Blows the Rain review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month

Hayden’s traditional songs unfurl at a glacial pace, as heavy as the sodden moors at midnight