In a Northwest Side studio, young folklorico dancers keep rhythm to the thump, thump, thump of maestro Sergio Martinez’s staff. The staff, a gift from his mentor, is carved from the cactus stalk of ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa jointly released a commemorative postal stamp on Tuesday, showcasing the vibrant folk dance traditions of both nations as part of ...

Laura Linney (Ozark) and Rhys Ifans (House of the Dragon) have been cast in But When We Dance, a special BBC drama about two people brought together by Parkinson’s disease. The 90-minute drama, penned ...

The Palestinian Jafra Dabke Team performs a traditional dabke dance while wearing latex gloves and surgical masks, in Tarqumya, a town in the occupied West Bank. Photograph by Hazem Bader, AFP/Getty ...

A montage of beautiful women, followed by a montage of bloody, screaming faces. That’s how Neon introduced the latest “dark trip” from The Monkey and Longlegs director Osgood Perkins. A carefully ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended warm wishes for Kharna Puja, a key ritual of the Chhath festival, honouring Surya Dev and Chhathi Maiya. He shared a song by Bhojpuri artist Nirahua, highlighting ...

He’s a pirate and he calls himself Jimi Jimi Jimi, the Polka Dancing Pirate. If there’s an Oktoberfest event at the Germanic-American Institute in St. Paul, a polka mass at St. Boniface Catholic ...

What is the most famous decade for folk music? That is a subjective answer, but fans, critics, and historians would probably all agree that it is the 1960s. Between the abundance of folk music that ...

Punjabi singer Gurmeet Maan, popularly known for his folk music, passed away. Though the exact cause of his death is not known, ardent fans have been mourning his loss on social media. Maan was known ...

In September 1972, John Denver released his sixth studio album, but its lead single quickly sparked controversy, and some radio stations banned it for all the wrong reasons. The album Rocky Mountain ...

A 55-year-old woman, Asha Rani, tragically passed away from cardiac arrest while celebrating Karva Chauth in Barnala, Punjab. She collapsed on the dance floor during festivities just before the moon ...