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    folk music refers to a wide variety of genres that emerged in the mid-20th century and afterwards which were associated with traditional folk music....
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  • Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It typically combines elements of folk and...
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  • Folk Music is the seventh studio album by English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands. After the successes of their 1996 Royal Albert Hall performance and...
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  • the mid 20th century and afterwards Folk Music (album) by the band Show of Hands Folk Music (Far East Movement album) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    largely acoustic instrumentation of folk, but adds musical elements common to psychedelic music. Psychedelic folk generally favors acoustic instrumentation...
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  • American Folk Music is a three-album compilation, released in 1952 by Folkways Records, of eighty-four recordings of American folk, blues and country music made...
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  • Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread...
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    The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s. Its roots went earlier, and performers like Josh White...
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    Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk...
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    Indian folk music is diverse because of India's enormous cultural and traditional diversity. It is sung in various languages and dialects throughout the...
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  • The folk music of England is a tradition-based music which has existed since the later medieval period. It is often contrasted with courtly, classical...
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  • Mormon folk music is primarily composed of folk music which was sung by Mormon pioneers in present-day Utah from the mid-19th century through the early...
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    Scottish folk music (also Scottish traditional music) is a genre of folk music that uses forms that are identified as part of the Scottish musical tradition...
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  • Monsters of Folk is the self-titled first and only studio album by American indie rock band Monsters of Folk, a group that consists of the artists Jim...
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  • Industrial folk music, industrial folk song, industrial work song or working song is a subgenre of folk or traditional music that developed from the 18th...
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  • Indie folk (also called alternative folk) is an alternative genre of music that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by...
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    the United Kingdom has been a major music producer, drawing inspiration from church music and traditional folk music, using instruments from England, Scotland...
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    of Folk at AllMusic "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-03-05. "Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album...
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    Chinese music theory, or the languages of China. It includes traditional classical forms and indigenous folk music, as well as recorded popular music and...
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    Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In A History...
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  • Neofolk, also known as apocalyptic folk, is a form of music blending elements of folk and industrial music, which emerged in punk rock circles in the...
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    Best Traditional Folk Album was awarded from 1987 to 2011. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Recording. An award...
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    development of old-time music, country music, bluegrass, and rock n' roll, and were an important part of the American folk music revival of the 1960s. Instruments...
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  • Popularization of previously non-mainstream and independent of folk music Adaptation of folk styles to pop (or rock) structures Invention of new formats...
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  • Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden. The primary instrument...
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    a cult following for her fusion of electronic music, folk music and ambient sounds. In 2004, the album Cantor de Cantores, by Horacio Guarany, was nominated...
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    w/ The folk Implosion, by the Folk Implosion". Berman, Stuart. "Folk Implosion Music for Kids". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 4, 2023. The Folk Implosion...
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  • Fogarty's Cove is a 1977 folk music album by Stan Rogers. It was his first album, released by Barnswallow Records, which was then purchased by Stan Rogers...
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  • Zimerman; as well as popular music artists, and traditional, regionalised folk music ensembles that create a rich and lively music scene at the grassroots...
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  • was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from several sources, it is widely regarded that the success...
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