Folk Music

The High Kings are back Friday for a concert at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, playing classic ballads and up tunes, plus a healthy dose of original songs from the band's 2023 album, The Road Not Taken.

The so-called "Dust Bowl Troubadour" has long been a fascination and inspiration to music historian Bucky Halker, who will give a presentation and performance this weekend at the C.H. Moore Homestead in Clinton.

Bloomington-Normal and McLean County are not really known as a cradle of country music. But there was this one time...in the 1930s. Cynthia May Carver, better known by her stage name “Cousin Emmy,” was a pioneer in country music.

Headliner Crys Matthews and opening act Sarah & the Underground have a shared mission, using their music to shed a light on underrepresented stories. Sarah Marie Dillard sits down with WGLT ahead of a Women's History Month live concert at the Normal Theater.

Chicago Farmer and the Fieldnotes kick off their 20th anniversary Midwest tour this week. The band makes a quick stop home for a set at the Castle Theatre on Friday night. Before heading out on the road, front man Cody Diekhoff stopped by our studios to chat with WGLT's Lauren Warnecke.

The Minneapolis-based Americana-folk trio Good Morning Bedlam is tight — personally and professionally.

Peoria-based folk/soul trio Sarah & the Underground's "Ripple Songs" EP was released on Father's Day. It's a love note from band members Sarah Marie Dillard and Branson Mooberry to each other, and their family.

Family took center stage on Dan Hubbard's new five-song EP “Fall in Love Again (Quarantine Lullabies)”.The Bloomington-based singer/songwriter said his…

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has many optimistic a return to something resembling “normal” is approaching. That includes a Bloomington Normal live-music…

Bloomington singer/songwriter Brett Conlin said a three-month isolation at home with his family last spring became the fodder for his just released…