Billy Joel decided he wanted to try writing a modern folk song. "The Downeaster 'Alexa'" came out of that effort.

The work, whose tide gives a very imperfect idea of its varied contents, may be best described as a complete encyclopædia of Australian folk-lore, as complete, at least, as a judicious ...

Remember these classic hits? Well, they were all originally recorded by somebody else! Or, in many cases, recorded by somebody else before THAT... The Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone, Original ...

Angeline Morrison discusses re-storying British folk music, and reflects on a shocking accusation made after the release of her album The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of The Black British Experience.

The pair will rally the nation behind pop star Marty Zambotto — better known as Go-Jo — Australia's entry for Eurovision this year. Representing Australia, which is participating in the ...

Tim Minchin will tour across Australia later this year ... the 20th anniversary of Dark Side on the ironically titled Songs The World Will Never Hear tour. Minchin’s shows will be packed ...

Kyle Sandilands has challenged his own station to boost Aussie music after national airplay data revealed his show only spun a handful of local songs. During the Australian Idol grand final show ...

The Swedish quartet - made up of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad - shot to international fame after winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo.

Some of music’s biggest songs are reworked versions of older ones. It’s an old practice and even Johann Sebastian Bach adopted existing Lutheran hymns into his own compositions. Bob Dylan ...

The Godfather of freak folk, Michael Hurley, died on April 3 at the age of 83. His songs often mixed humor, unusual characters, and emotion and were also described as “outsider folk.” ...

He made it known in an amusing TikTok video while singing to the tune of the famous song about 'The King.' Explore the NBA Draft 2024 with our free NBA Mock Draft Simulator & be the GM of your ...