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
But as negotiations began behind closed doors half a kilometre away, all the world's media could do was wait -- and sip on an expertly brewed coffee while listening to live eastern folk music.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
There will also be comedy at the Assembly Rooms and a candlelit folk music performance at St Giles' Cathedral.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
“Because really that, to me, is what folk music is. It’s passed on, it’s transformed — it turns into something else and then passed on again.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
In many cultures, pop music has largely replaced folk music as the music that everyone knows.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
