Folk music has a reputation for being serious. Too serious. Overly serious. Of course, sometimes it can be fun to learn a lesson from a song. But then there are other times when your brain feels full ...

Well ... it’s fun, for starters. High-energy. Hilarious. And that’s just between songs. The music, itself, if you had to stick it in a category, it’s probably ...

Things sure are serious in the world these days. We could all use a good laugh to lighten the mood, don't you think? We know that laughter makes us feel good. And we also know that music has an ...

Bill Callahan moves at his own pace. The singer-songwriter who used to perform under the name Smog released his last studio album of languid, darkly humorous folk songs, “Dream River,” in 2013. This ...

On Friday, November 14, 2025, the alt-country and folk music world lost one of its most committed, comical, and sincere players—Todd Snider. In the niche corners of the Nashville country music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Jeff Grace’s indie comedy, Russell plays Jason, a flourishing folk-rock singer-songwriter who decides on a whim to ask his ...