Karol Plicka was an important musician and composer. He recorded folk songs immediately after hearin...

The millennia-old myth and tradition of St. Lucy's fire told through the eyes of teenagers on the sh...

For the 'Are'are people of the Solomon Islands, the most valued music is that of the four types of p...

Every year in June, the small Bulgarian village of Balgari celebrates St Constantine with a special...

No one could spin a yarn to make a sale like Ray Lum. Twenty years after their initial meeting, Bill...

The members of the Ayrudzi troupe travel across various villages of Armenia on horseback and put on ...

From the sexy, savage Cornish May Day rites of Alan Lomax's Oss Oss Wee Oss, to Jeremy Deller and Al...

Children parade through the streets of Hinton St George in Somerset on the last Thursday of October....

Anna "Buksa" Scemelinska (1925 - 2011) was a Latvian folksinger. She learned her song repertoire and...