Whitney Houston Performs In Paris Bercy on May 18th, 1988. She is one of the best female vocalists of the 1980s. The 1980s were a great time for music, with so many iconic female singers and vocalists ...

When we think of the folk revival scene of the 1960s, we often look to Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, and even Woody Guthrie’s storied career. However, there were incredible female folk singers who ...

SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco (AP) — Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, pain, and societal change to the melodies of ...

Even though Shira Cion loved music from an early age, it wasn't until college that she discovered her musical passion. "That was when my ears were really opened," Cion said. Cion was trained ...

All folks are welcome to enjoy the folk! The annual Women of Folk Festival happens this coming weekend. Celebrating women in music, arts, and more it’s a wonderful day of community and music! We get ...

As a kid, I could never remember which one was Judy Collins. I shared a room with an older brother who favored female folk singers, all of whom, it seemed, had first names beginning with the letter J: ...

WASHINGTON — Hazel Dickens, a folk singer and bluegrass musician who advocated for coal miners, has died at age 75. Dickens died Friday morning at a Washington hospice of complications from pneumonia.

Women like her are the stewards of one of Morocco’s most cherished oral traditions: a form of folk singing known as aita, which means a “cry” or “lament” in Arabic. From smoky bars and cabarets in ...