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Folk music

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 revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on…

Music, Traditional folk music & Festivals

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Instruments
Folk instruments
Musicians
List of folk musicians
Traditions
List of folk music traditions

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Traditional folk music

Folk music revivals

Festivals

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Folk music

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Folk music

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related to External links · 33
Folk music → American, An Annotated Bibliography, Archived January, Arts Encyclopedia, Bill Markwick, British Library Sound Archive, California State University, Choral Public Domain Library, ChoralWiki, Colorado BoulderFree, CongressThe Traditional Ballad Index, England, English-Speaking World Archived February, Folk, Folk Alliance International Prominent, Folk Music Collection Howard, Folk Songs, Folkie's Dictionary, FresnoBen Gray Lumpkin Digital, Internet Archive
related to Canada · 25
Folk music → Alberta's, Canada, Canadian, Canso, Cape Breton Island, Deep Roots Music Festival, Festival, July, Lunenburg, Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Owen Sound, Rogers, September, Stan Rogers, Stan Rogers Folk Festival, Stan Rogers Memorial Canopy, Summerfolk, The
related to United States · 22
Folk music → After, American Folk Festival, Asheville, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Folk Festival, It, Lowell Folk Festival, Montana Folk Festival, Mountain Dance, National Council, National Folk Festival, NCTA, Newport, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Richmond Folk Festival, Since, The National Folk Festival, The Newport Folk Festival, Traditional Arts
related to Subject matter · 15
Folk music → Biblical Book, Deborah, John Henry, Judges, Laments, Many, Narrative, Other, Robin Hood, Some, Sometimes, Song, The, This, Traditional
related to Definition · 13
Folk music → English, Folk, German, German Romantics, Johann Gottfried Herder, One, Some, Such, The, They, Though, Volk, William Thoms
related to Folk music revivals · 12
Folk music → British, Béla Bartók, Century, Composers, English-speaking, Folk, One, Percy Grainger, Ralph Vaughan Williams, The, United States, Western
related to Origins · 10
Folk music → Different, In, It, Manual, Music, Roots, Some, The, Throughout, World
is a · 8
Folk music → badge of cultural or national identity, fiddle, genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden, music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival, music of the local Romani ethnic minority, music of the people, polska
see also · 7
Folk music → American Folk MusicCanadian Folk, Anthology, Music, Music AwardsFolk, People, UK, Voice
related to Regional forms · 6
Folk music → Ethnomusicologists, However, Intangible, The, UNESCO, While

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music folk traditional songs american traditions song also many popular often form dance musical country century genre used national revival

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Folk musicInstrumentsFolk instruments1.00infobox
Folk musicMusiciansList of folk musicians1.00infobox
Folk musicTraditionsList of folk music traditions1.00infobox
Folk musicis amusic genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival0.90text
Folk musicis agenre generally distinct from traditional folk music0.90text
Folk musicis amusic of the people0.90text
Folk musicis abadge of cultural or national identity0.90text
Folk musicis amusic of the local Romani ethnic minority0.90text
Folk musicis agenre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden0.90text
Folk musicis afiddle0.90text
Folk musicis apolska0.90text
folk rockinstance ofThis type of folk music also includes fusion genres0.80text

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