How to Use folk music in a Sentence
folk music
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Springer, who came of age in the 1960s, loved folk music.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
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With the rise of rock and folk music and then K-pop, trot fell out of favor.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
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The group melds New Orleans Jazz with Irish folk music.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
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The Vietnam War was over, and the folk music of the 1960s was starting to seem outdated.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
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Around the time Baez was born in 1941, folk music was starting to reach new audiences.
—Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
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It’s not meant to be any kind of overall summation of folk music.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
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Sounds of a folk music rehearsal drifted out of the church, down past a shrine and through the island’s seaside graveyard.
—Hillary Richards, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
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But as a lover of folk music at heart, there’s this real, innate desire for it just to be simple.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 May 2023
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The shift is felt also in the transition from Georgian to Turkish folk music.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
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There was folk music, alt-rock, R&B, classic hip-hop, pedal-steel New Wave covers, and more.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
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There was jazz in there, and folk music and country; there was a lot of backwoods front-porch hootenanny.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
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The link to the origins of American folk music made explicit.
—Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
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In the summer of 1969, when Bruce Springsteen was still dreaming of a record deal, the folk music icon Pete Seeger saw a different dream come true.
—Thom Duffy, Billboard, 30 Mar. 2023
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Much like Young’s, LeBlanc’s lyrics on Coyote are blue-collar poetry that take flight on the wings of rock, country, and folk music.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2024
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At Swann’s gatherings, guests donned women’s clothing or men’s suits and danced to folk music.
—Cari Shane, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2023
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Josh White, who went from being a Piedmont blues artist to an important voice in the folk music world of the 1940s, was also inducted.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2023
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Arab folk music group Amwaaj, DJ Joey and the church’s traditional dabke dance group also will perform.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 10 July 2024
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In the early ‘60s, his interest in folk music deepened.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 1 May 2023
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Likewise, today’s best folk music still confronts issues of race and class.
—Adam Bradley Justin French, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
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That road bump, thankfully, appears to have passed — the only remaining fear will be that felt by those who like their folk music squeaky clean and safe.
—Aaron Davis, Sacramento Bee, 28 Jan. 2024
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The bouzouki – a long-necked stringed instrument in the same family as the lute and mandolin – is what gives Greek folk music its distinctive sound.
—The Enquirer, 20 June 2023
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His music is so familiar to anyone who has grown up listening to folk music from the Global South.
—Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2023
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The couple became the godparents of the boy, who became the future folk music superstar Bob Dylan.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
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The music is a rich, melodic and lovely blend of Mexican bolero and ranchero folk music, and three mariachi musician-singers are onstage for the entire 75-minute show.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
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Baez is known for her political activism and her close friendship with Martin Luther King Jr., in addition to her folk music.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
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This hybrid form of contemporary opera and the Mexican tradition of mariachi folk music got its start just 13 years ago.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
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In the ensuing decades, Cotten became a highlight on the folk music circuit, playing at the Newport Folk Festival and many others.
—Brandon Tensley, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 June 2024
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Scotland has a distinctive canon of literature, folk music, and strong traditions that are shared by many.
—Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2024
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The set not only showcased Moreno’s exquisite vibrato, but also paid homage to the rich heritage of Latin American folk music.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2024
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Listening to Irish folk music is also a great St. Patrick's Day tradition if there are any live performances nearby, preferably at a bar (er, pub).
—Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 6 Mar. 2023
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