folk music
noun
: the traditional music of the people in a country or region
Irish folk music
also
: a type of popular music that is based on traditional music and that does not use electric instruments
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She was born in 1948, putting her in the vanguard of the baby boomers who fondly remember the folk music revival of the ‘60s that was spearheaded by Dylan and Baez.
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Paul Liberatore, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Her rapid emergence on the folk music scene brought her into the company of Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Arlo Guthrie, who became her close friends.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Sung in Spanish and embracing Mexican folk music traditions, the piece will star Daniela Mack and Alfredo Daza.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Baez and Seeger are more down-to-earth talents, prodigiously gifted certainly, but artists who stayed within their comfort zones, namely the harmonizing of folk music and activist politics.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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Paul Liberatore, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025
Her rapid emergence on the folk music scene brought her into the company of Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and Arlo Guthrie, who became her close friends.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 7 Apr. 2025
Sung in Spanish and embracing Mexican folk music traditions, the piece will star Daniela Mack and Alfredo Daza.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
Baez and Seeger are more down-to-earth talents, prodigiously gifted certainly, but artists who stayed within their comfort zones, namely the harmonizing of folk music and activist politics.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Folk music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20music. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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