In 1989, composer Sammy Fain, who wrote some of the most enduring hits of the century, died in Los Angeles at age 87. Fain wrote "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing," "I’ll Be Seeing You," "That Old ...

Here are 16 great Delta blues artists. All are Black. Fifteen are men.

The Delta stretches across northwestern Mississippi like a big fallen leaf, tucked between two rivers. It spans 220 miles north to south and, at its widest, 87 miles east to west. How can so many ...

Jackson, Mississippi hosted the 82nd National Folk Festival, the first of a three-year residency. The three-day event featured over 300 artists and drew approximately 30,000 attendees to the downtown ...

DEADLINES FOR HOLIDAY AND INTERNATIONAL MAILING RIGHT NOW AT WAPT DOT COM A LIVE LOOK OVER DOWNTOWN JACKSON TONIGHT. THE MUSIC'S GONE, BUT THE CITY'S STILL HUMMING. THE ROADS IN DOWNTOWN ARE OPEN ...

Good Folk Fest is a celebration of Creative Clay’s 30 years of advocating and supporting artists with disabilities. Featuring artists of all abilities is paramount to highlighting Creative Clay’s ...

Jackson, Mississippi, hosted the 82nd National Folk Festival, the first of a three-year residency from 2025 to 2027. The three-day event featured over 300 artists and brought large crowds to the ...

For its 49th version, the Ann Arbor Folk Festival is mixing things up. Instead of its typical two nights of rising and established folk and roots acts at the Hill Auditorium, the festival will present ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The 17th annual Brooklyn Folk Fest took place at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights, hosted by Jalopy Theatre, from Friday, Nov. 7, through Sunday, Nov. 9. Performers hailed from ...

In 1976, the property attached to the field that had hosted the Seattle Pop Festival was sold to a man named William Dahl. "I ...

16 WAPT'S BETHAL MILES SHOWS US HOW THE CROWDS ARE GROWING. DAY TWO OF THE NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL... AND DOWNTOWN JACKSON LOOKS LIKE THE CITY MANY SAY THEY'VE BEEN WAITING TO WE'RE WE'RE EXCITED THIS ...

Dylan Goes Electric. Those three words hold a great deal of weight in music history. It was a bold move that, at least initially, alienated a lot of people. Eventually, most people came around to the ...