Folk | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/folk/RSS feed for FolkenThu, 31 Jul 2025 20:05:44 +0000A Man Bought This Colorful Illustration of a Sultan for £150. It Turned Out to Be a Salvador Dalí Original That Could Sell for $40,000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-bought-this-colorful-illustration-of-a-sultan-for-150-it-turned-out-to-be-a-salvador-dali-original-that-could-sell-for-40000-180987089/An art dealer attending a house clearance sale spotted the Surrealist's signature in the corner of the work, which depicts a scene from "One Thousand and One Nights"Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:05:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-bought-this-colorful-illustration-of-a-sultan-for-150-it-turned-out-to-be-a-salvador-dali-original-that-could-sell-for-40000-180987089/Seventy Years Ago, Johnny Cash Recorded 'Folsom Prison Blues' and Became a Folk Hero for the Ignored and Downtroddenhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/seventy-years-ago-johnny-cash-recorded-folsom-prison-blues-and-became-a-folk-hero-for-the-ignored-and-downtrodden-180987059/A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the songWed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/seventy-years-ago-johnny-cash-recorded-folsom-prison-blues-and-became-a-folk-hero-for-the-ignored-and-downtrodden-180987059/When Bob Dylan Isn't Writing Nobel-Winning Lyrics, He's Creating Original Paintings and Drawingshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-bob-dylan-isnt-writing-nobel-winning-lyrics-hes-creating-original-paintings-and-drawings-180986612/Nearly 100 imaginative portraits, still lifes and other artworks by the renowned singer-songwriter are now on view at the Halcyon Gallery in LondonTue, 13 May 2025 20:07:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-bob-dylan-isnt-writing-nobel-winning-lyrics-hes-creating-original-paintings-and-drawings-180986612/You Can Buy a Reel-to-Reel Tape of a Young Bob Dylan Performing Six Songs at the Gaslight Cafehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-buy-a-reel-to-reel-tape-of-a-young-bob-dylan-performing-six-songs-at-the-gaslight-cafe-180986159/Billed as "Bob Dylan’s first demo tape," the recordings from September 1961 played an outsize role in launching the 20-year-old aspiring songwriter's careerWed, 05 Mar 2025 21:21:26 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-buy-a-reel-to-reel-tape-of-a-young-bob-dylan-performing-six-songs-at-the-gaslight-cafe-180986159/The Real Story Behind 'A Complete Unknown' and Bob Dylan's Early Career, From His Arrival in New York City to When He 'Went Electric'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-a-complete-unknown-and-bob-dylans-early-career-from-his-arrival-in-new-york-city-to-when-he-went-electric-180985672/A new film starring Timothée Chalamet tracks Dylan's evolution from an acoustic folk singer to a rock 'n' roll superstarTue, 24 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-a-complete-unknown-and-bob-dylans-early-career-from-his-arrival-in-new-york-city-to-when-he-went-electric-180985672/How This Self-Taught Guitarist Became a Music Legendhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-self-taught-guitarist-became-music-legend-libba-cotten-180984504/For decades, Libba Cotten was one of the most distinctive folk musicians in AmericaMon, 24 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-self-taught-guitarist-became-music-legend-libba-cotten-180984504/How the Hindu Deity Hanuman Inspired Dev Patel's 'Monkey Man'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-hindu-deity-hanuman-inspired-dev-patels-monkey-man-180984098/The story of the half-human, half-monkey god mirrors the journey of the protagonist in Patel's directorial debutFri, 05 Apr 2024 16:35:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-hindu-deity-hanuman-inspired-dev-patels-monkey-man-180984098/What Indigenous Cultures From Around the World Believe About Eclipseshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-indigenous-cultures-from-around-world-believe-about-eclipses-180964488/A Smithsonian folklorist looks back and finds stories that explain how a darkening of daytime skies provokes a foreboding of evilTue, 15 Aug 2017 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/what-indigenous-cultures-from-around-world-believe-about-eclipses-180964488/These Portraits Made a Bold Statement in 19th-Century Americahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/portrait-bold-statement-19th-century-america-180983063/A new exhibition exploring artistic representation of Black subjects includes a work that subverted cultural expectationsThu, 19 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/portrait-bold-statement-19th-century-america-180983063/Folk Icon Joan Baez Sings a Song of Herselfhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/folk-icon-joan-baez-sings-a-song-of-herself-180983010/After decades in the limelight, the American musician who spent a career exposing the world’s problems explores her own pastWed, 04 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/folk-icon-joan-baez-sings-a-song-of-herself-180983010/