folk music
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Four times during the course of a nearly three-hour set of 27 songs — that included gospel, rock and Woody Guthrie-inspired American folk music — Springsteen stopped the show and spoke directly to the audience.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
If hip-hop is the folk music of the post-industrial age, then Slick Rick is it's Woody Guthrie.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The race is now the highlight of the autumn, attracting up to 5,000 spectators to Flumserberg, spending the rest of the day listening to schlager folk music and sampling the Alpine produce.
From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025
He could sing a rock song with the same ease as regional folk music and spiritual sub-genres such as Borgeet, Bihu and Zikir.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
For the sound of traditional Western folk music, look for collections of folk music from England or Australia, sea shanties, or American cowboy songs.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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