folk singer
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In 1960, they were in New York City’s Greenwich Village when the Weavers’ Ronnie Gilbert invited my father to a living wake for the ailing folk singer Cisco Houston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
But I recently heard an updated version from veteran pop and folk singer Nadezhda Babkina.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
Sylvia Tyson, a folk singer, agreed: “He literally remembers everything he’s ever heard or seen.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan says he has received "very personal" and "nasty" comments after urging organisers of a right-wing protest to stop using his song Yma o Hyd.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
With his wide face, gray goatee, and merry smile, he resembled, for the moment, an aging folk singer.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
