folk song

noun

: a traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody

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The pic charts the relationship between two young men who meet in 1916 and travel together to record the folk songs of their countrymen in rural New England. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025 Nobody said that until the late ‘80s, and the people who said that in the late ‘80s were people who didn’t like old folk songs. —

Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024 Up until that point, Bob is still stuck recording traditional folk songs that don’t sell for a label uninterested in his original material. —

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024 Told with magical realism and an array of terrific traditional folk songs, Coco sends Miguel on a journey into the Land of the Dead, which allows Pixar’s genius animators to produce one of their most dreamlike and colorful visual environments. —

Will Leitch, Vulture, 14 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for folk song