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Folk music acoustic pop folk collection. Positive and bright with catchy melodies. Country life, happy days, outdoor/hobby. Family and friendships. Wholesome and optimistic. |
Folk music refers to the American folk music revival, music exemplified by such musicians as Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, and Joan Baez, who popularized and encouraged the lyrical style in the 1950s and 1960s. Folk music can also describe a particular kind of popular music which is based on traditional music.
Since the middle of the 20th century, the term has also been used to describe a kind of popular music that is based on traditional music.
Fusion genres include folk rock, electric folk, folk metal, and progressive folk music.
The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous with the term "Traditional music", also often including World Music and Roots music; the term "Traditional music" was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definitions that "Folk music" is now considered
In the 1960s, folk singers and songwriters such as Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, and Tom Paxton followed in Guthrie's footsteps, writing "protest music" and topical songs and expressing support for the American Civil Rights Movement. The Canadians Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Cockburn and Joni Mitchell were all invested with the Order of Canada.
Dylan's use of electric instruments helped inaugurate the genres of folk rock and country rock, particularly by his album John Wesley Harding and his support for the music of The Band.
Many of the acid rock bands of San Francisco began by playing acoustic folk and blues.
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