A "Live in Concert" medley of the most popular Sea Shanty's. What is a Sea Shanty? A sea shanty, chantey, or chanty is a genre of traditional folk song that was once commonly sung as a work song to accompany rhythmical labor aboard large merchant sailing...

Hopak is a Ukrainian folk dance originating as a male dance among the Zaporozhian Cossacks, but later danced by couples, male soloists, and mixed groups of dancers. It is performed most often as a solitary concert dance by amateur and professional Ukraini...

Explore the eerie beauty of The Three Ravens, a 17th-century English folk song that blends loyalty, death, and mythic imagery into a timeless ballad.

Live at Warner Brothers Studios' Stage 22 in 1998. Videotaping sessions with a live audience for the pay-per-view TV Special Painting With Words & Music. Released on VideoTape, LaserDisc and DVD.

"The Sound of Silence," originally "The Sounds of Silence," is a song by the American music duo Simon & Garfunkel.

Simon & Garfunkel Best Songs Collection

"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional English ballad. The song lists a number of impossible tasks given to a former lover who lives in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

"Danny Boy" is an Irish ballad, the lyrics of which were written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1910, and set to the traditional Irish melody of "Londonderry Air" in 1913.

Scottish Folk Music

Outlander Theme

Hailed as Britain's "best ever pop singer" by Rolling Stone, the English-born Dusty Springfield charted several 1960s hits, including "Son of a Preacher Man."

In honor of Women’s History Month, this playlist presents songs from the Smithsonian Folkways catalog featuring recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship. This award, the country’s highest distinction in folk and trad...

Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten was an American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This position meant that she would play the bass lines with her...

American singer and songwriter Carole King has written or co-written over 400 songs that have been recorded by more than 1,000 artists.

Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, responsible for hits such as 'Both Sides Now' and 'Big Yellow Taxi,' is widely considered 1960s and '70s folk royalty.