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- Folk music genres
A. L. Lloyd
Albert Lancaster Lloyd (29 February 1908 – 29 September 1982),Eder, Bruce.
Acid rock
Acid rock is a loosely defined type of rock music that evolved out of the mid-1960s garage punk movement and helped launch the psychedelic subculture.
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family.
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Al Stewart
Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a Scottish-born singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s.
Alan Stivell
Alan Stivell (born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp.
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Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track or cassette), or digital.
Allentown Jail
"Allentown Jail" is a folk-style song, written by Irving Gordon.
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AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.
Amazing Blondel
Amazing Blondel are an English acoustic progressive folk band, containing Eddie Baird, John Gladwin, and Terry Wincott.
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American folk music
The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, vernacular music, or roots music.
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American folk music revival
The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s.
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Anthology of American Folk Music
Anthology of 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 and issued from 1926 to 1933 by a variety of performers.
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Anti-establishment
An anti-establishment view or belief is one which stands in opposition to the conventional social, political, and economic principles of a society.
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Arizona State Route 74
Arizona State Route 74 (SR 74), locally known as the Carefree Highway, is a state highway in central Arizona that stretches east to west from its junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) just south of Wickenburg to its junction with Interstate 17 (I-17) in North Phoenix.
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Arrangement
In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition.
Ashley Hutchings
Ashley Stephen Hutchings (born 26 January 1945), MBE, sometimes known in early years as "Tyger" Hutchings, is an English bassist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer.
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Ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.
Barabajagal
Barabajagal is the seventh studio album and eighth album overall from British singer-songwriter Donovan.
Barry McGuire
Barry McGuire (born October 15, 1935) is an American singer-songwriter primarily known for his 1965 hit "Eve of Destruction".
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Bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or trombone.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
Beat music
Beat music, British beat, or Merseybeat is a British popular music genre that developed, particularly in and around Liverpool, in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Beatlesque
"Beatlesque" or "Beatles-esque" describes a musical resemblance to the English rock band the Beatles.
Below the Salt
Below the Salt is the fourth studio album by Steeleye Span and their first after they joined the Chrysalis label.
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Bert Jansch
Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle.
Big Star
Big Star was an American rock band formed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1971 by Alex Chilton (vocals, guitar), Chris Bell (vocals, guitar), Jody Stephens (drums), and Andy Hummel (bass).
Bill Monroe
William Smith Monroe (September 13, 1911 – September 9, 1996) was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter, and created the bluegrass music genre.
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard (stylized in lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation.
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Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a record chart ranking the 200 most popular music albums and EPs in the United States.
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Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.
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Billy J. Kramer
William Howard Ashton (born 19 August 1943), known professionally as Billy J. Kramer, is an English pop singer.
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Black 47
Black 47 was an American Celtic rock band from New York City, formed in 1989 by Larry Kirwan and Chris Byrne, and derives its name from a traditional term for the summer of 1847, the worst year of the Great Famine in Ireland.
Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night is a British-American neo-medieval folk rock band formed in 1997, consisting mainly of Ritchie Blackmore (acoustic guitar, hurdy gurdy, mandola, mandolin, nyckelharpa, and electric guitar) and Candice Night (lead vocals, lyricist, and woodwinds).
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Blonde on Blonde
Blonde on Blonde is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released as a double album on June 20, 1966, by Columbia Records.
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Blue Moon of Kentucky
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" is a waltz written in 1945 by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe and recorded by his band, the Blue Grass Boys.
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Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a genre of American roots music that developed in the 1940s in the Appalachian region of the United States.
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Blues
Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated amongst African-Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s.
Blues rock
Blues rock is a fusion genre and form of rock music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues.
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
Bobby Bare
Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home".
Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home (known as Subterranean Homesick Blues in some European countries; sometimes also spelled Bringin' It All Back Home) is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in March1965 by Columbia Records.
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British folk revival
The British folk revival incorporates a number of movements for the collection, preservation and performance of folk music in the United Kingdom and related territories and countries, which had origins as early as the 18th century.
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British folk rock
British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Folk rock and British folk rock are Crossover (music).
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British Invasion
The British Invasion was a cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States with significant influence on the rising "counterculture" on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Brownie McGhee
Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee (November 30, 1915 – February 16, 1996) was an American folk and Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, best known for his collaboration with the harmonica player Sonny Terry.
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Buck Owens
Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr. (August 12, 1929 – March 25, 2006) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and band leader.
Buddy Holly
Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer, songwriter and musician who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll.
Buffalo Springfield
Buffalo Springfield was a rock band formed in Los Angeles by Canadian musicians Neil Young, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin and American musicians Stephen Stills and Richie Furay.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician.
Celtas Cortos
Celtas Cortos is a Spanish Celtic rock band.
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Celtic nations
The Celtic nations or Celtic countries are a cultural area and collection of geographical regions in Northwestern Europe where the Celtic languages and cultural traits have survived.
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Celtic rock
Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock, as well as a form of Celtic fusion which incorporates Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into a rock music context.
Chord progression
In a musical composition, a chord progression or harmonic progression (informally chord changes, used as a plural) is a succession of chords.
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Chris Hillman
Christopher Hillman (born December 4, 1944) is an American musician.
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Circulus (band)
Circulus are a psychedelic folk/progressive rock band from South London, England, founded by vocalist Michael Tyack.
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Coffeehouse
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino.
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.
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Comus (band)
Comus are a British progressive folk band who had a brief career in the early 1970s.
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Contemporary folk music
Contemporary 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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Country music
Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.
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Country rock
Country rock is a music genre that fuses rock and country.
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Cover version
In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song.
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Cruachan (band)
Cruachan (named after the archaeological site of Rathcroghan, also known as Cruachan) are an Irish folk metal band from Dublin that have been active since the 1990s.
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Dando Shaft
Dando Shaft is the name of a short-lived psychedelic/progressive folk and folk jazz band that was primarily active in the early 1970s.
David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Denver
Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.
Distortion (music)
Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone.
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Donovan
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer.
Drummer
A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums.
Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer.
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Effects unit
An effects unit, effects processor, or effects pedal is an electronic device that alters the sound of a musical instrument or other audio source through audio signal processing.
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Electric Dylan controversy
By 1965, Bob Dylan was the leading songwriter of the American folk music revival.
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Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar.
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Electronic musical instrument
An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry.
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Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), known mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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English folk music
The folk music of England is a tradition-based music which has existed since the later medieval period.
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Ensiferum
Ensiferum (Latin:, n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki.
Eve of Destruction (song)
"Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1965.
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Ewan MacColl
James Henry Miller (25 January 1915 – 22 October 1989), better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was an English folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor.
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Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig).
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Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.
Fiddle
A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.
Finntroll
Finntroll is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki that combines elements of black metal and folk metal.
Folk club
A folk club is a regular event, permanent venue, or section of a venue devoted to folk music and traditional music.
Folk instrument
A folk instrument is a traditional musical instrument that has remained largely restricted to traditional folk music, and is not usually used in the classical music or other elite and formal musical genres of the culture concerned, though related intruments may be.
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Folk metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s.
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.
Folk punk
Folk punk (known in its early days as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock.
Folkways Records
Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music.
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For What It's Worth
"For What It's Worth (Stop, Hey What's That Sound)" (often referred to as simply "For What It's Worth") is a song written by Stephen Stills.
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Garage rock
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals.
Gene Clark
Harold Eugene Clark (November 17, 1944 – May 24, 1991) was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds.
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980.
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George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
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Gerry and the Pacemakers
Gerry and the Pacemakers were an English beat group prominent in the 1960s Merseybeat scene.
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Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.
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Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music.
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in the music industry.
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Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, or simply the Village, is a neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by 14th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, Houston Street to the south, and the Hudson River to the west.
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Gryphon (band)
Gryphon are an English progressive and medieval folk rock band formed in London in 1972.
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Guitar picking
Guitar picking is a group of hand and finger techniques a guitarist uses to set guitar strings in motion to produce audible notes.
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Guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar.
Hank Williams
Hiram King "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter.
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Harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers.
Harry Everett Smith
Harry Everett Smith (May 29, 1923 – November 27, 1991) was an American polymath, who was credited variously as an artist, experimental filmmaker, bohemian, mystic, record collector, hoarder, student of anthropology and a Neo-Gnostic bishop.
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Heartland rock
Heartland rock is a genre of rock music characterized by a straightforward, often roots musical style, often with a focus on blue-collar workers, and a conviction that rock music has a social or communal purpose beyond just entertainment.
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Heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States.
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Heidevolk
Heidevolk is a folk metal band from the Netherlands.
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits are an English rock and pop group formed in 1963 in Manchester and fronted by singer Peter Noone.
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High German languages
The High German languages (hochdeutsche Mundarten, i.e. High German dialects), or simply High German (Hochdeutsch) – not to be confused with Standard High German which is commonly also called "High German" – comprise the varieties of German spoken south of the Benrath and Uerdingen isoglosses in central and southern Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and eastern Belgium, as well as in neighbouring portions of France (Alsace and northern Lorraine), Italy (South Tyrol), the Czech Republic (Bohemia), and Poland (Upper Silesia).
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Highway 61 Revisited
Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965, by Columbia Records.
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Hippie
A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during or around 1964 and spread to different countries around the world.
History
History (derived) is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.
Hit song
A hit song, also known as a hit record, hit single or simply hit, is a recorded song or instrumental that becomes broadly popular or well-known.
Horslips
Horslips are an Irish Celtic rock band that compose, arrange and perform songs frequently inspired by traditional Irish airs, jigs and reels.
I Want You (Bob Dylan song)
"I Want You" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which was released as a single in June 1966, and, later that month, on his seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde.
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I'll Be Back (song)
"I'll Be Back" is a song written by John Lennon, with some collaboration from Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney).
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I'll Never Find Another You
"I'll Never Find Another You" is a 1964 single by The Seekers, which reached No.
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I'm a Loser
"I'm a Loser" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, originally released on Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom, later released on Beatles '65 in the United States, both in 1964.
Ian & Sylvia
Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson.
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In Extremo
In Extremo (Latin for At the Edge; abbreviated InEx or IE) is a German Medieval metal band originating from Berlin.
Indie folk
Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music.
Iris DeMent
Iris Luella DeMent (born January 5, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Irish mythology
Irish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland.
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Irish traditional music
Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland.
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Jack the Lad
Jack the Lad were a British folk rock group from North East England formed in 1973 by three former members of the most successful band of the period from the region, Lindisfarne.
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Jackie DeShannon
Jackie DeShannon (born Sharon Lee Myers; August 21, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and radio broadcaster with a string of hit song credits from the 1960s onwards, as both singer and composer.
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Jangle pop
Jangle pop is a subgenre of pop rock or college rock that emphasizes jangly guitars and 1960s-style pop melodies.
Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock.
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Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer)
James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American pop singer.
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Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist.
Joe and Eddie
Joe and Eddie was an American gospel folk group.
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John Denver
Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer and songwriter.
John Martyn
Iain David McGeachy (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a British guitarist and singer-songwriter.
John Prine
John Edward Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music.
John Renbourn
John Renbourn (8 August 1944 – 26 March 2015) was an English guitarist and songwriter.
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Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. Folk rock and Joni Mitchell are Crossover (music).
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Josh White
Joshua Daniel White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist.
Judy Henske
Judith Anne Henske (December 20, 1936 – April 27, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter, dubbed "the Queen of the Beatniks" by producer Jack Nitzsche.
Just a Little (The Beau Brummels song)
"Just a Little" is a song by the American rock group the Beau Brummels.
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Kathy Mattea
Kathleen Alice Mattea (born June 21, 1959) is an American country music and bluegrass singer.
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Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played using a keyboard, a row of levers that are pressed by the fingers.
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Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani (Finnish for The Backwoods Clan) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman.
La Bamba (song)
"La Bamba" is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, also known as "La Bomba".
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Laugh, Laugh
"Laugh, Laugh" is a song by American rock group the Beau Brummels, written by guitarist Ron Elliott and produced by Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone.
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Lead Belly
Huddie William Ledbetter (January 1888 or 1889 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of "In the Pines", "Goodnight, Irene", "Midnight Special", "Cotton Fields", and "Boll Weevil".
Lead guitar
Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure.
Left-wing politics
Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies.
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Les Baxter
Leslie Thompson Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was an American musician, composer and conductor.
Let's Live for Today (song)
"Let's Live for Today" is a song written by David "Shel" Shapiro and Italian lyricist Mogol, with additional English lyrics provided by Michael Julien.
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Like a Rolling Stone
"Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records.
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Lindisfarne (band)
Lindisfarne are an English folk rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1968 (originally called Brethren).
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List of Cambridge Companions to Music
The Cambridge Companions to Music form a book series published by Cambridge University Press.
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List of folk rock artists
This is a list of musicians who have both significant folk and rock elements in their music, even if they are not considered primarily folk rock artists.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a cathedral, port city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England.
Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price (March 9, 1933May 3, 2021) was an American R&B and rock 'n' roll singer, known as "Mr.
Lonesome Traveller
Lonesome Traveller is a 1950 skiffle song written by Lee Hays and recorded by Pete Seeger and The Weavers in that year.
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Love (band)
Love is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965.
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers (occasionally known as the Macmillan Group; formally Macmillan Publishers Ltd in the UK and Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC in the US) is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the 'Big Five' English language publishers (along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster).
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Malicorne (band)
Malicorne are a French folk and folk rock band formed in September 1973 by Gabriel Yacoub, Marie Yacoub (now Marie Sauvet), Hughes de Courson and Laurent Vercambre.
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Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958) is an American country and folk music singer-songwriter.
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Mägo de Oz
Mägo de Oz (Spanish for Wizard of Oz, with a metal umlaut) are a Spanish folk metal band from Begoña, Madrid formed in mid-1988 by drummer Txus di Fellatio.
Medieval folk rock
Medieval folk rock, medieval rock or medieval folk is a musical subgenre that emerged in the early 1970s in England and Germany which combined elements of early music with rock music.
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Medieval metal
Medieval metal is a subgenre of folk metal that blends heavy metal music with medieval folk music.
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Medieval music
Medieval music encompasses the sacred and secular music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries.
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Melody
A melody, also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
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Michael Clarke (musician)
Michael Clarke (born Michael James Dick; June 3, 1946 – December 19, 1993) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the 1960s rock group the Byrds from 1964 to 1967.
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Mimi Fariña
Margarita Mimi Baez Fariña (April 30, 1945 – July 18, 2001) was an American singer-songwriter and activist, the youngest of three daughters of mother Joan Chandos Bridge and Mexican-American physicist Albert Baez.
Minor chord
In music theory, a minor chord is a chord that has a root, a minor third, and a perfect fifth.
Mississippi John Hurt
John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
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Mojo (magazine)
Mojo (stylised in all caps) is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer.
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Moonsorrow
Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995.
Mr. Tambourine Man
"Mr.
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Mr. Tambourine Man (album)
Mr.
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Music journalism
Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music.
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Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.
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Myth
Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.
Nanci Griffith
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter.
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Napster (streaming service)
Napster is a music streaming service based in Seattle, Washington, United States.
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Nature
Nature is an inherent character or constitution, particularly of the ecosphere or the universe as a whole.
Needles and Pins (song)
"Needles and Pins" is a rock song credited to American writers Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono.
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Neil Young
Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer and songwriter.
Neofolk
Neofolk, also known as apocalyptic folk, is a form of experimental music blending elements of folk and industrial music, which emerged in punk rock circles in the 1980s. Folk rock and Neofolk are folk music genres.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Newport Folk Festival
Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival.
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Open Road (Donovan album)
Open Road is the eighth studio album, and ninth overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan and the debut album from the short-lived band Open Road.
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Orchestral pop
Orchestral pop (sometimes called by the shortening ork-pop) is pop music that has been arranged and performed by a symphonic orchestra.
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Ougenweide
Ougenweide was a German progressive rock band.
Pacific Jazz Records
Pacific Jazz Records was a Los Angeles–based record company and label best known for cool jazz or West coast jazz.
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Pagan rock
Pagan rock is a genre of rock music created by adherents of neopagan traditions.
Paganism
Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.
Pan Books
Pan Books is a British publishing imprint that first became active in the 1940s and is now part of the British-based Macmillan Publishers, owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany.
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter known both for his solo work and his collaboration with Art Garfunkel.
Pentangle (band)
Pentangle are a British folk band, formed in London in 1967.
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Pete Seeger
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist.
Peter, Paul and Mary
Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival phenomenon.
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Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer).
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.
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Phonograph record
A phonograph record (also known as a gramophone record, especially in British English), a vinyl record (for later varieties only), or simply a record or vinyl is an analog sound storage medium in the form of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove.
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Pipe (instrument)
A pipe is a tubular wind instrument in general, or various specific wind instruments.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Positively 4th Street
"Positively 4th Street" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan, first recorded in New York City on July 29, 1965.
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Progressive folk
Progressive folk is a style of contemporary folk that adds new layers of musical and lyrical complexity, often incorporating various ethnic influences.
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Progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.
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Psychedelic folk
Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelia that originated in the 1960s.
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Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.
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R.E.M.
R.E.M. were an American alternative rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia.
Raga rock
Raga rock is rock or pop music with a pronounced Indian influence, either in its construction, its timbre, or its use of Indian musical instruments, such as the sitar, tambura, and tabla.
Record Collector
Record Collector is a British monthly music magazine focussing on rare and collectable records, and the bands who recorded them.
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Renaissance (band)
Renaissance are an English progressive rock band, best known for their 1978 UK top 10 hit "Northern Lights" and progressive rock classics like "Carpet of the Sun", "Mother Russia", and "Ashes Are Burning".
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Renaissance music
Renaissance music is traditionally understood to cover European music of the 15th and 16th centuries, later than the Renaissance era as it is understood in other disciplines.
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Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African-American communities in the 1940s.
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Richard Fariña
Richard George Fariña (Spanish IPA:; March 8, 1937 – April 30, 1966) was an American folksinger, songwriter, poet and novelist.
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Richie Unterberger
Richie Unterberger (born January 19, 1962) is an American author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.
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Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker International Corporation is a string instrument manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California.
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Riff
A riff is a short, repeated motif or figure in the melody or accompaniment of a musical composition.
Rising Sons
Rising Sons was an American folk-rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965.
Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist.
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Ritchie Valens
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959), better known by his stage name Ritchie Valens, was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
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Rock and roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll or Rock n' Roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music.
Roger McGuinn
James Roger McGuinn (born James Joseph McGuinn III; July 13, 1942) is an American musician, best known for being the frontman and leader of the Byrds.
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Ron Elliott (musician)
Ronald Charles Elliott (born October 21, 1943) is an American musician, composer and record producer, best known as songwriter and lead guitarist of the rock band The Beau Brummels.
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Roots rock
Roots rock is a genre of rock music that looks back to rock's origins in folk, blues and country music. Folk rock and Roots rock are Crossover (music).
Rough Guides
Founded in 1982, Rough Guides Ltd is a British publisher of print and digital guide book, phrasebooks and inspirational travel reference books, and a provider of personalised trips.
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Runrig
Runrig were a Scottish Celtic rock band formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973.
Schandmaul
Schandmaul is a German medieval folk rock band from the Munich area.
She Loves You
"She Loves You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released as a single in the United Kingdom on 23 August 1963.
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Silver Threads and Golden Needles
"Silver Threads and Golden Needles" is a country song written by Dick Reynolds and Jack Rhodes.
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Simon & Garfunkel
Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel.
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Singer-songwriter
A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies.
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Skiffle
Skiffle is a genre of folk music with influences from American folk music, blues, country, bluegrass, and jazz, generally performed with a mixture of manufactured and homemade or improvised instruments. Folk rock and Skiffle are folk music genres.
Skyclad (band)
Skyclad are a British heavy metal band with heavy folk influences in their music.
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Sloop John B
"Sloop John B" (originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau.
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Soft rock
Soft rock (also known as light rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in Southern California and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, melodic songs with big, lush productions.
Song
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice.
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us (1958) is the second studio album by American singing duo the Everly Brothers.
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Sonny & Cher
Sonny & Cher were an American pop and entertainment duo in the 1960s and 1970s, made up of spouses Sonny Bono and Cher.
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Stagger Lee
"Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri, at Christmas 1895.
Standard (music)
In music, a standard is a musical composition of established popularity, considered part of the "standard repertoire" of one or several genres.
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State University of New York at Oswego
State University of New York at Oswego (SUNY Oswego or Oswego State) is a public university in the City of Oswego and Town of Oswego, New York.
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Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span are a British folk rock band formed in 1969 in England by Fairport Convention bass player Ashley Hutchings and established London folk club duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior.
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Subway to Sally
Subway to Sally is a German folk metal band founded in Potsdam in the early 1990s.
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Sundazed Records
Sundazed Music is an American independent record label founded in Coxsackie, New York and currently based in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
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Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot song)
"Sundown" is a song by Canadian folk artist Gordon Lightfoot, from the titular album, released as a single in March 1974.
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Sunshine pop
Sunshine pop (originally known as soft pop) is a subgenre of pop music that originated in Southern California in the mid-1960s.
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Sunshine Superman (song)
"Sunshine Superman" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.
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T. Rex (band)
T.
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Talent manager
A talent manager (also known as an artist manager, band manager or music manager) is an individual who guides the professional career of artists in the entertainment industry.
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Teenage Fanclub
Teenage Fanclub are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in Glasgow in 1989.
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The Albion Band
The Albion Band, also known as The Albion Country Band, The Albion Dance Band, and The Albion Christmas Band, is a British folk rock band, originally brought together and led by musician Ashley Hutchings.
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The Animals
The Animals (also billed as Animals & Friends and Eric Burdon and the Animals) are an English rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1963.
The Bangles
The Bangles are an American all-female pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981.
The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The Beau Brummels
The Beau Brummels were an American rock band.
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The BibleCode Sundays
The BibleCode Sundays are a London-based band often described as Celtic rock, folk music or rock music.
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The Byrds
The Byrds were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964.
The Chad Mitchell Trio
The Chad Mitchell Trio, later known as The Mitchell Trio, were an American vocal group who became known during the 1960s.
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The Dave Clark Five
The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London.
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The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing.
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The House of the Rising Sun
"The House of the Rising Sun" is an American traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues".
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The Hurdy Gurdy Man
The Hurdy Gurdy Man is the sixth studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan.
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The Incredible String Band
The Incredible String Band (sometimes abbreviated as ISB) were a British psychedelic folk band formed by Clive Palmer, Robin Williamson and Mike Heron in Edinburgh in 1966.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The Kingston Trio
The Kingston Trio is an American folk and pop music group that helped launch the folk revival of the late 1950s to the late 1960s.
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The Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies.
The Limeliters
The Limeliters are an American folk music group, formed in July 1959 by Lou Gottlieb (bass violin/bass), Alex Hassilev (banjo/baritone), and Glenn Yarbrough (guitar/tenor).
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The Long Ryders
The Long Ryders are an American alternative country and Paisley Underground band, principally active between 1982 and 1987, who have periodically regrouped for brief reunions (2004, 2009, 2014, 2016).
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The Lovin' Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful is an American folk-rock band formed in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1964.
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The Mamas & the Papas
The Mamas & the Papas (stylized as) was a folk-rock vocal group which recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968.
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The Mugwumps (band)
The Mugwumps was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964.
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The New Christy Minstrels
The New Christy Minstrels are an American large-ensemble folk music group founded by Randy Sparks in 1961.
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The Pogues
The Pogues were an English or Anglo-Irish Celtic punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan and others, founded in King's Cross, London, in 1982, as Pogue Mahone—an anglicisation of the Irish phrase ''póg mo thóin'', meaning "kiss my arse".
The Prodigals
The Prodigals is an American Irish punk band that started in 1997.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Searchers (band)
The Searchers are an English Merseybeat group who emerged during the British Invasion of the 1960s.
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The Seekers
The Seekers were an Australian folk-influenced pop group originally formed in Melbourne in 1962.
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982, composed of Morrissey (vocals), Johnny Marr (guitar), Andy Rourke (bass) and Mike Joyce (drums).
The Sound of Silence
"The Sound of Silence" (originally "The Sounds of Silence") is a song by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel, written by Paul Simon.
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The Springfields
The Springfields were a British folk-pop vocal trio who had success in the early 1960s in the UK, Australia, US and Ireland.
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The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses were an English rock band formed in Manchester, England in 1983.
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The Turtles
The Turtles is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965 who achieved several top 40 hits, including "It Ain't Me Babe" (1965), "You Baby" (1966), "Happy Together" (1967), "She'd Rather Be with Me" (1967), "Elenore" (1968), and "You Showed Me" (1969).
The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a rock band formed in 1983 by Scottish musician and songwriter Mike Scott.
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The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth is the debut album by British folk metal band Skyclad, and is regarded as one of the first folk metal albums, with the track "The Widdershins Jig" in particular pointing the way for the genre.
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The Weavers
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred Hellerman.
The Youngbloods
The Youngbloods were an American rock band consisting of Jesse Colin Young (vocals, bass, guitar), Jerry Corbitt (vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica), Lowell "Banana" Levinger (guitar and electric piano), and Joe Bauer (drums).
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Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969.
Things We Said Today
"Things We Said Today" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
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Third Ear Band
Third Ear Band were a British musical group formed in London during the mid-1960s.
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Tom Dooley (song)
"Tom Dooley" is a traditional North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina by Tom Dula (whose name in the local dialect was pronounced "Dooley").
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Tom Paxton
Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than sixty years.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida, in 1976.
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Tom Wilson (record producer)
Thomas Blanchard Wilson Jr. (March 25, 1931 – September 6, 1978) was an American record producer.
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Troubadour (West Hollywood, California)
The Troubadour is a nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, United States, at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard just east of Doheny Drive and the border of Beverly Hills.
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Turisas
Turisas is a Finnish metal band from Hämeenlinna who, since 2022, have been on an indefinite hiatus.
Turn! Turn! Turn!
"Turn! Turn! Turn!", also known as or subtitled "To Everything There Is a Season", is a song written by Pete Seeger in 1959.
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Twelve-string guitar
A twelve-string guitar (or 12-string guitar) is a steel-string guitar with 12 strings in six courses, which produces a thicker, more ringing tone than a standard six-string guitar.
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UK Albums Chart
The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.
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UK singles chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled the Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and streaming.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
Vocal harmony
Vocal harmony is a style of vocal music in which a consonant note or notes are simultaneously sung as a main melody in a predominantly homophonic texture.
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We Five
We Five was a 1960s folk rock musical group based in San Francisco, California.
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. is the debut studio album by the American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
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West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.
When You Walk in the Room
"When You Walk in the Room" is a song written and recorded by Jackie DeShannon.
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Whiskey in the Jar
"Whiskey in the Jar" (Roud 533) is an Irish traditional song set in the southern mountains of Ireland, often with specific mention of counties Cork and Kerry.
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Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and composer who was one of the most significant figures in American folk music.
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You'll Need Somebody on Your Bond
"You'll Need Somebody on Your Bond" (later titled "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond") is a gospel song that is attributed to both tradition and to gospel blues musician Blind Willie Johnson.
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You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles.
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1967 Detroit riot
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot, and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967".
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See also
Folk music genres
- Arabesque (Turkish music)
- Arapaho music
- Cape Breton fiddling
- Cariso
- Chalga
- Chutney music
- Chutney parang
- Chutney soca
- Dangdut
- Dene music
- Ethnic music
- Folk rock
- Folk-pop
- Kaiso
- Koplo
- Kwakwakaʼwakw music
- Laïko
- Lu (music)
- Métis fiddle
- Maritime music
- Mento
- Muiñeira
- Music hall
- Néo-trad
- Neofolk
- New Weird America
- Parang
- Pub song
- Quan họ
- Quebec fiddle
- Rebetiko
- Reel (dance)
- Rieldans
- Roots revival
- Schottische
- Sevdalinka
- Skiffle
- Skiladiko
- Starogradska muzika
- Talking blues
- Tallava
- Tamang Selo
- Tierra Caliente music
- Traditional music
- Tsifteteli
- Turbo-folk
- Xẩm
- Čalgija
References
Also known as 1960s folk rock, Extreme Folk, Folk rock music, Folk-Rock, Folk-rock music, Folk/rock, Folkrock, Rock and reel, Rock folk, Rock folk music, Rock-folk, Rock-folk music.
, Celtas Cortos, Celtic nations, Celtic rock, Chord progression, Chris Hillman, Circulus (band), Coffeehouse, Columbia Records, Comus (band), Contemporary folk music, Country music, Country rock, Cover version, Cruachan (band), Dando Shaft, David Crosby, Denver, Distortion (music), Donovan, Drummer, Dusty Springfield, Effects unit, Electric Dylan controversy, Electric guitar, Electronic musical instrument, Elvis Presley, Encyclopædia Britannica, English folk music, Ensiferum, Eve of Destruction (song), Ewan MacColl, Fairport Convention, Fantasy, Fiddle, Finntroll, Folk club, Folk instrument, Folk metal, Folk music, Folk punk, Folkways Records, For What It's Worth, Garage rock, Gene Clark, Gentle Giant, George Harrison, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Google Books, Gordon Lightfoot, Grammy Awards, Greenwich Village, Gryphon (band), Guitar picking, Guitarist, Hank Williams, Harp, Harry Everett Smith, Heartland rock, Heavy metal music, Heidevolk, Herman's Hermits, High German languages, Highway 61 Revisited, Hippie, History, Hit song, Horslips, I Want You (Bob Dylan song), I'll Be Back (song), I'll Never Find Another You, I'm a Loser, Ian & Sylvia, In Extremo, Indie folk, Iris DeMent, Irish mythology, Irish traditional music, Jack the Lad, Jackie DeShannon, Jangle pop, Jefferson Airplane, Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer), Joan Baez, Joe and Eddie, John Denver, John Martyn, John Prine, John Renbourn, Joni Mitchell, Josh White, Judy Henske, Just a Little (The Beau Brummels song), Kathy Mattea, Keyboard instrument, Korpiklaani, La Bamba (song), Laugh, Laugh, Lead Belly, Lead guitar, Left-wing politics, Les Baxter, Let's Live for Today (song), Like a Rolling Stone, Lindisfarne (band), List of Cambridge Companions to Music, List of folk rock artists, Liverpool, Lloyd Price, Lonesome Traveller, Love (band), Macmillan Publishers, Malicorne (band), Mary Chapin Carpenter, Mägo de Oz, Medieval folk rock, Medieval metal, Medieval music, Melody, Merle Haggard, Michael Clarke (musician), Mimi Fariña, Minor chord, Mississippi John Hurt, Mojo (magazine), Moonsorrow, Mr. Tambourine Man, Mr. Tambourine Man (album), Music journalism, Musical theatre, Myth, Nanci Griffith, Napster (streaming service), Nature, Needles and Pins (song), Neil Young, Neofolk, New York City, Newport Folk Festival, Open Road (Donovan album), Orchestral pop, Ougenweide, Pacific Jazz Records, Pagan rock, Paganism, Pan Books, Paul Simon, Pentangle (band), Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, Phil Ochs, Phoenix, Arizona, Phonograph record, Pipe (instrument), Pop music, Positively 4th Street, Progressive folk, Progressive rock, Psychedelic folk, Psychedelic rock, R.E.M., Raga rock, Record Collector, Renaissance (band), Renaissance music, Rhythm and blues, Richard Fariña, Richie Unterberger, Rickenbacker, Riff, Rising Sons, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Valens, Rock and roll, Rock music, Rockabilly, Roger McGuinn, Ron Elliott (musician), Roots rock, Rough Guides, Runrig, Schandmaul, She Loves You, Silver Threads and Golden Needles, Simon & Garfunkel, Singer-songwriter, Skiffle, Skyclad (band), Sloop John B, Soft rock, Song, Songs Our Daddy Taught Us, Sonny & Cher, Stagger Lee, Standard (music), State University of New York at Oswego, Steeleye Span, Subway to Sally, Sundazed Records, Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot song), Sunshine pop, Sunshine Superman (song), T. Rex (band), Talent manager, Teenage Fanclub, The Albion Band, The Animals, The Bangles, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Beau Brummels, The BibleCode Sundays, The Byrds, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The Dave Clark Five, The Everly Brothers, The House of the Rising Sun, The Hurdy Gurdy Man, The Incredible String Band, The Independent, The Kingston Trio, The Kinks, The Limeliters, The Long Ryders, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Mamas & the Papas, The Mugwumps (band), The New Christy Minstrels, The Pogues, The Prodigals, The Rolling Stones, The Searchers (band), The Seekers, The Smiths, The Sound of Silence, The Springfields, The Stone Roses, The Turtles, The Waterboys, The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth, The Weavers, The Youngbloods, Thin Lizzy, Things We Said Today, Third Ear Band, Tom Dooley (song), Tom Paxton, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Tom Wilson (record producer), Troubadour (West Hollywood, California), Turisas, Turn! Turn! Turn!, Twelve-string guitar, UK Albums Chart, UK singles chart, Vietnam War, Vocal harmony, We Five, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., West Indies, When You Walk in the Room, Whiskey in the Jar, Woody Guthrie, You'll Need Somebody on Your Bond, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, 1967 Detroit riot.