Ask Chuck Prophet what brought him to Cumbia (Latin folk-rock with flair) music and you “figure out right quick” why he picked the profession he’s in. The singer-songwriter and former Clevelander ...

At the East Wind Foundation, in the heart of Los Angeles' Chinatown, young people dedicate their after-school hours and ...

Women folk singers are preserving one of Morocco's most cherished culturual traditions, a genre of folk singing known as aita ...

When The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison called Ravi Shankar "the godfather of world music", he opened culture up to a ...

Music, as a universal language, has the power to connect and bridge differences between cultures. Since operatic music serves ...

From February 17 to 23, visitors will also have the chance to meet Paddington in the Rainforest Biome, in a surrounding ...

As an independent band without a large promotional budget, we rely on good old word of mouth to get folks to shows.” They ...

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The preserved ... the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico ...

Four break bulk cargo ships from Peru's Port of Paracas will arrive in Philadelphia this season at the Port of Gloucester in New Jersey. They will carry shipments of Peruvian table grapes. The first ...

Although most outsiders’ views on folk music tended to be songs that sounded like safe country songs, hearing Guthrie start singing tracks like ‘This Land Is Your Land’ at the height of World War II ...

Peru’s Congress, the institution in which citizens have the least confidence after the government itself, has banned its female employees from wearing miniskirts and shorts during the summer. Those ...

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru. The preserved skin of the ... an archaeologist at the Museum of International Folk ...