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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Bob Dylan and Joan Baez were once folk music’s power couple.
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Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2025
Nominated for eight at this year's Academy Awards, including a nod for in the Best Actor category, A Complete Unknown charts the rise of Bob Dylan in the folk music scene, and his ultimate rebellion against being pigeonholed.
—Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The film opens with a rousing folk music performance led by McConaughey outside of a local drive-in restaurant, the first of six live numbers that include much of the film’s cast performing their own instruments.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
While Minnesota is mentioned in passing in the recent Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, the story largely takes place from the early 1960s to 1965 as the legendary troubadour rose to prominence on the New York City folk music scene.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 27 Mar. 2025
Nominated for eight at this year's Academy Awards, including a nod for in the Best Actor category, A Complete Unknown charts the rise of Bob Dylan in the folk music scene, and his ultimate rebellion against being pigeonholed.
—Billie Melissa, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
The film opens with a rousing folk music performance led by McConaughey outside of a local drive-in restaurant, the first of six live numbers that include much of the film’s cast performing their own instruments.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
While Minnesota is mentioned in passing in the recent Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, the story largely takes place from the early 1960s to 1965 as the legendary troubadour rose to prominence on the New York City folk music scene.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for folk music
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“Folk music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20music. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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