When Gracie Huffman came up with the chorus for Lighthearted’s newly released single, “Borrowed,” she didn’t know if there was anything there. So, she turned to her twin sister and bandmate, Eliza ...

Music can help salve the tremendous weight of grief. This idea can be heard on Wakelight’s new three-song EP, “As Long as It Takes,” which was released in January. The album comments on the cyclical ...

Indie singer Justin Vernon of Bon Iver praises anti-ICE protestors in Minneapolis and immigrant legal support at the 2026 ...

Indie music has grown to include so much. It’s not just music that is released on independent labels, but speaks to an aesthetic that deviates from the norm and follows its own weirdo heart. It can ...

Nicholas Gunty and Brian Powers, the core of the progressive indie folk duo Frances Luke Accord, began performing together at the University of Notre Dame. Both raised in South Bend, Ind., Gunty and ...

Up-and-coming indie-folk artist/songwriter/producer Hunter Metts has announced his debut U.S. headline tour. Kicking off on October 28 in Minneapolis, the 10-date "a crater wide tour" continues ...

Indie folk distinguishes itself through acoustic-driven melodies and lyrical storytelling, drawing inspiration from classic folk while embracing contemporary instrumentation. In the early 2010s, the ...

In its essence, folk music is music for the people — an art form inextricably intertwined with the soul of a region. Its nature is inherently visual, conjuring vivid imagery with just a single ...

In retrospect, the 2010s were an underrated time for music. Pop was at its peak, garage rock was in full swing, and indie folk revival had put a modern spin on a classic genre. Let’s look at just a ...

The recent stomp clap discourse sparked a lot of conversations about how the divisive 2010s subgenre grew out of 2000s indie-folk, and the evolution (and “gentrification”) of the latter is actually ...