Native music in out-of-the-way parts of the world is fast disappearing. Thousands of songs and drum rhythms handed down through generations of woolly-headed blacks, Oriental priests and court ...

The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...

What happens on the ground matters — Your support makes it possible. We’re aiming to raise $17,000 by August 10, so we can deepen our reporting on the critical stories unfolding right now: grassroots ...

You can’t talk about American Primitive without talking about John Fahey. And you can’t talk about John Fahey without talking about his hometown of Takoma Park. For Fahey, whose first recordings on ...

Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Vincent Van Gogh — history has left no shortage of tragic artists who achieved their greatest success after they were dead. It’s a theme that permeates director James ...