Wfiu: Popular Music

The all-women Patagonian trio Fémina is bringing rap folk fusion and social consciousness to Lotus Festival.

UK folk duo Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker, will be playing at the Lotus Festival next week. We talk about music making, their US touring debut, and ice cream.

A recent show by up-and-coming performance troupe Pig Pen Theater Company at the BCT highlights the venue's role as an incubator for emerging talent.

Erin Tobey's first solo album in a decade "Middlemaze" is a rich and varied reflection on youth and maturity.

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The lineup of artists performing at the 2016 Lotus Festival of World Music and Arts has been announced

Since beginning his musical career career in Bloomington in 1993, Will Oldham, a.k.a Bonnie Prince Billy, has released 19 studio albums and 17 EPs.

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Julia Baird, a half-sister of John Lennon, will be accompanying The Mersey Beatles on their Bloomington tour stop October 24.

The singer-songwriter family patriarch brings songs and stories, old and new, to Bloomington.

Audio engineer Mark Hood started his successful career in an unlikely place.

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Jessica Hopper is a music and pop culture critic. She’s senior editor at Pitchfork, the Chicago-based Internet publication for music criticism and commentary.

A veteran singer-songwriter enjoys the most prolific period of a three-decade-plus career.

The once-obsolete vinyl record has seen a renaissance in the last eight years. But for Bloomington record stores, vinyl is nothing new.

WFIU's DeShawn Wells speaks with Tyron Cooper about the IU Soul Revue.

Eric Weisbard's new book, "Top 40 Democracy," examines what we can learn about American culture from Top 40 radio.

The Irish performer pays tribute to a fellow singer-songwriter who had Bloomington ties.

A band with longtime Bloomington ties kick-starts a fresh chapter in its career.

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