His groundbreaking work collecting American folk songs and popularizing the academic study of folklore was monumental. John ...

Paul Bunyan’s Big Read, the 2017 Winter Reading Program continues through the end of the month. So grab a reading log and earn free treats or entries for cool prizes. Paul Bunyan claims he ...

The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere. While key figures associated with the American ...

The dense forests of North America are alive with whispers of strange creatures and eerie legends. Among these is the Hidebehind, a cryptid rooted in American folklore, renowned for its uncanny ...

But the trial also made history in the annals of American ... folk songs. Tom Morgan, who lives in the hills above Dayton, performs songs inspired by the trial, like this song about John Scopes ...