How to Use folk music in a Sentence

folk music

noun

• Springer, who came of age in the 1960s, loved folk music.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 9 June 2023
• With the rise of rock and folk music and then K-pop, trot fell out of favor.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2023
• The group melds New Orleans Jazz with Irish folk music.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2023
• The Vietnam War was over, and the folk music of the 1960s was starting to seem outdated.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
• Around the time Baez was born in 1941, folk music was starting to reach new audiences.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
• It’s not meant to be any kind of overall summation of folk music.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Oct. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The shift is felt also in the transition from Georgian to Turkish folk music.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• 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
• 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
• The link to the origins of American folk music made explicit.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• In the early ‘60s, his interest in folk music deepened.
  — Chris Morris, Variety, 1 May 2023
• Likewise, today’s best folk music still confronts issues of race and class.
  — Adam Bradley Justin French, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The couple became the godparents of the boy, who became the future folk music superstar Bob Dylan.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 3 Sep 2024