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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A couple of weeks ago, Bad Bunny was at home, watching Especial Banco Popular, a Puerto Rican show that’s been around for decades and highlights folk music and traditions from the island.
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Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Peter Yarrow, who helped make folk music a pop phenomenon in the 1960s as one-third of the vocal trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday at his home in New York.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Newport Folk Festival turns 50: The ultimate playlist Born May 31, 1938, Yarrow was raised in New York and attended college at Cornell University, where his love of folk music emerged.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
At that last event Dylan touched the third rail of folk music by playing an electric guitar, in a performance that prompted boos from the audience — although whether the booing was a response to the transgression or the sound quality has been the subject of debate.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
Peter Yarrow, who helped make folk music a pop phenomenon in the 1960s as one-third of the vocal trio Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday at his home in New York.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
Newport Folk Festival turns 50: The ultimate playlist Born May 31, 1938, Yarrow was raised in New York and attended college at Cornell University, where his love of folk music emerged.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2025
At that last event Dylan touched the third rail of folk music by playing an electric guitar, in a performance that prompted boos from the audience — although whether the booing was a response to the transgression or the sound quality has been the subject of debate.
—Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Folk music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20music. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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