These three folks songs tell harrowing and captivating tales that easily could be turned into successful true crime documentaries.

Robert Gordon, director of the documentary "Newport & The Great Folk Dream. TREY HARRISON Joe Lauro, producer of the documentary "Newport & the Great Folk Dream." COURTESY NEWPORT & THE GREAT FOLK ...

Building on his 2024 short story collection of the same name, screenwriter Ben Shattuck crafts a beautiful parallel between the invisible impression songs can leave on a person and the hidden, yet ...

Robert Gordon hopes his documentary "Newport & The Great Folk Dream" will remind artists today about the power of song.

The young, two-person band Cabin Creature managed to create a hauntingly accurate song that evokes the spirit of Appalachian folk music for a new documentary about havoc from Hurricane Helene.

On October 3, 1967, the world lost a pioneering folk icon just as his music was reaching a new audience, thanks to the 1960s folk revival.

The movie follows a week in the life of Llewyn Davis, a folk singer in '60s America who struggles to make it as a successful musician.

Afro-Colombian music at the Cedar; Dakota storytellers celebrate fall in St. Paul; and queer Southeast Asian artists lead creativity workshops at the Making Waves festival.

Bend folk-rocker Brian Hinderberger has directed “Song of Sunset,” a short documentary about open mic soloists premiering Oct. 8 in Bend.

It’s a bright weekday morning in Los Angeles as the singer-songwriters of Folk Bitch Trio roll up to the Laurel Canyon Country Store. This isn’t exactly a pilgrimage for them, but these young ...

As planned, Tamara Saviano’s film “Without Getting Killed or Caught” debuted in March at the South by Southwest Film Festival. Admittedly, the documentary about legendary songwriter Guy Clark arrived ...

The new film celebrates Flatland Cavalry’s 10-year anniversary as a band by honoring its West Texas roots. See how to check it out.