Filk music, Miller says, has existed as long as science fiction gatherings. When folk music enjoyed a 1960s boom, acoustic guitars began showing up at conventions.

Filk is a little-known genre of folk music composed and performed by science-fiction fans, usually revolving around sci-fi and fantasy themes. "Filkers" share a lively online culture -- and in the ...

Not My Job: Actor Oscar Isaac On Folk Music Vs. Filk Music Isaac plays a folk singer in the new film Inside Llewyn Davis, so we're going to ask him three questions about filk music — a sub-genre ...

From asteroid truckers to vampire computers, this little-known folk spinoff takes on the big issues of the future. By Xeni Jardin.

It's a new type of music on the scene these days - it's called FILK music. Not folk. Filk. KCBS' Mike Sugerman learned during his travels, About the Bay, that it's sort of like folk music gone wrong.