folk music
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A folk music promoter has denied he is racist after past tweets came to light.
From BBC
He was one of thousands who gathered in February for the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, a weeklong festival of Western folk music and literature staged in the upper reaches of Nevada’s Great Basin Desert.
From Los Angeles Times
The coming week offers several opportunities around town to see stellar troupes performing Irish step-dancing, which is characterized by stiff torsos and percussive, tornadolike footwork and accompanied by dramatic folk music.
From New York Times
“There was something almost as exotic about it as the Paraguayan folk music that my mom used to listen to. It was just one of many world musics in the house.”
From New York Times
Though it has been represented on the global stage for decades, assouf — an invention of Tuareg musicians that blends rock, blues and African folk music — has a notable new ambassador in Mdou Moctar.
From New York Times
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