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
It’s not just about folk music; it’s about the artists — the people, really — who make it.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 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
Unlike folk music, it has usually been written recently and belongs to professional musicians, and new popular tunes quickly replace old ones.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
