folk music
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Early in “A Mighty Wind,” a folk music historian calls Mitch and Mickey’s first kiss “a superb moment in folk music, and maybe a great moment in the history of humans.”
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
“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
The line-up spans rock, country and folk music across three main stages.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
