RTÉ has today announced the shortlist for the 7th RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards, celebrating the very best in folk music in Ireland ...

It’s been five years since the last studio album by the inestimable Mary Chapin Carpenter, the lyrical and intimate The Dirt ...

It’s been five years since the last studio album by the inestimable Mary Chapin Carpenter, the lyrical and intimate The Dirt ...

A Heart That Never Closes,” the new song from Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis and Karine Polwart, is out now. Listen to the track, which is the latest unveiled from the trio’s first collaborative ...

The trio will play six shows in the United Kingdom in March including sold-out dates in Sunderland and Edinburgh. "An Evening with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, and Karine Polwart" will feature ...

Isabel Maria chats to the indie country singer-songwriter about authenticity, heartache and her soul-baring new EP ...

Steve Wynn, leader of the band The Dream Syndicate, founding member of The Baseball Project and solo artist, has confirmed an ...

Joan Baez was born in New York in 1941, but she grew up in various places around the world, depending on her father's ...

Peter Yarrow, a major figure of the Sixties folk revival with Peter, Paul and Mary who was convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl and later received a presidential pardon, died today, The New York ...

January is off to a flying start with excellent new records from Franz Ferdinand, C Duncan, Diljeet Kaur Bhachu, Penny Black ...

Sabrina Carpenter couldn’t have predicted how ‘Espresso’ would brew up such a storm. Released in April, the song defied her own doubts and became a runaway hit, topping Spotify’s charts in ...