folkie

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noun

folk·ie ˈfō-kē

variants or less commonly folky

plural folkies

: a folk singer or instrumentalist

folkie

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adjective

variants or folky

: of or relating to folk music

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Noun

In a few hours, the guitarist would be diving into three decades of his personal musical history for a full house, from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave to his folkie alter-ego the Nightwatchman and multiple other genres and collaborations across 21 records. —

Steve Appleford, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2025 There's no question that Seeger, a longtime champion of Dylan's folkie talent, was disappointed when the star defied Newport Folk Festival programmers by playing a loud if short set with electric instruments. —

Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2024

Adjective

In the mid-’90s, the buzz headed south to Ludlow Street, and the East Village was left with a scattering of small folkie venues like Sidewalk Cafe and a couple of fading clubs like the latter-day Pyramid. —

Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2022 The Yeahs’ Karen O and Nick Zinner had a folkie duo called Unitard. —

Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2022 See all Example Sentences for folkie