Finland’s approach to modern folk music is vastly different than the singer-songwriter-centric subgenre most Americans are familiar with. Over there, it’s not so much a harbinger of heartbreak or ...

Though most would consider the musical genre "folk metal" to be a bit of an oxymoron, one local group of artists has made it their calling card. Five members strong and two years in the making, the ...

HU band members Gala (left), Jaya (center) and Ono pose for a picture at their studio in Ulaanbaatar on Dec. 27, 2023. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux.) ULAANBAATAR – When Pope Francis visited Mongolia ...

Oklahoma City’s underground and lauded sludge rock and metal quartet Chat Pile and Texan ambient and folk guitarist Hayden Pedigo could answer that question if it ever crossed your mind. Despite ...

Metal fans from around Eugene banded together at the McDonald Theatre to see Mongolian folk metal band The HU on Oct. 22. San Francisco-based rock band Nerv opened up the show, giving the crowd ...

Madrid-based Álvaro Brechner, “one of the leading South American screen talents to emerge in the last decade,” Variety wrote in a review of his Venice-selected “A Twelve-Year Night,” is attached to ...

This should go without saying, but heavy metal is more than the Euro-centric look that mainstream media wants to portray it as. Because for every pasty, lanky Scandinavian in corpse paint or denim ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. It’s all fun and games in the mosh pit until someone loses an eye, excepting the kick off show for the Folkfest of ...