How's your knowledge of the music of the Chicano movement in the 1960s and 1970s, or of Cajun and Zydeco music from south-west Louisiana?

Find out more about one of the word's oldest original intents and the current efforts that seemingly aim to change the ...

The Chandler Center for the Arts on Main Street in Randolph will present Jake Blount, award-winning interpreter of Black folk ...

Huib Schippers is the director and curator of Smithsonian Folkways, the iconic non-profit record label of the Smithsonian. Schippers has a long and diverse history of engagement with music ...

Charlie Gurke, a baritone saxophone specialist who also plays tenor and alto, is the youngest member of the sextet and latest ...

From the sounds of an operating theatre to the sounds of a washing machine, there are seemingly few things that Matmos aren't ...

This year’s event – which includes several workshops, a dance party and a concert – features international klezmer stars ...

Kuumbwa Jazz is not just a place to see music. It’s a venue where patrons can be exposed to different forms of music by different cultures from across the globe. Nowhere is that more present ...

One of his recordings, “Old Man Below,” with his early mentor, John Cohen, was released on Smithsonian Folkways in 2012. His current bands include an old-time string band called Interstate ...

as the acoustic folk/blues ace works in songs from last year’s standout Smithsonian Folkways album “Little Sun” and welcomes Michigan’s fingerpicking guitarist Laurel Premo as opener (7:30 ...

By Zachary Small Reporting on the art world The Smithsonian Institution informed employees on Tuesday that it would close its diversity office, freeze hiring for all federal positions and require ...