has a definition for: folk. Folk can mean: a specific people, tribe, or nation folklore, stories and traditions told orally. folk art, art done in traditional...

music. Folk song is part of folk music. A folksinger is a person who sings folk songs. There are three categories of Folk music: Folk singing Folk dance...

Folk rock music is a mixture of folk music with modern rock music. Folk rock began in the mid 1960s with performers like The Byrds. Folk singer Bob Dylan...

A folk dance is a dance that has some or all of the following: They are dances at social functions by people with little or no professional training. They...

Folk punk (also known as rogue folk) is a combination of folk music and punk rock. It became popular in the early 1980s by The Pogues in Britain, and...

Folk metal is a type of heavy metal music that started in Europe in the 1990s. This music is a mixture of heavy metal and traditional folk music. Many...

The Modern Folk Quartet was an American folk band. Former members include Jerry Yester (member of The New Christy Minstrels and The Lovin' Spoonful) and...

traditional folk music and instrumentation of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales. The countries of the United Kingdom has its own folk music forms...

Chinese folk religion (simplified Chinese: 中国 民间 信仰; traditional Chinese: 中國 民間 信仰; pinyin: zhōng-guó mín-jiān xìn-yǎng) is a polytheistic religion. Since...

Indie folk (also called alternative folk) is an alternative genre of music that started in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes inspired by...

A folk hero is a person, who may or may not have existed, and is famous and well liked by people, or people of a certain country. Usually it is someone...

Rebellion. Examples of folk religion connected to major faiths include Chinese folk religion, folk Christianity, folk Hinduism, and folk Islam. People who...

Queer as Folk is an American-Canadian drama television series that aired from 2000-2005 on Showtime. It is a remake of a British program with the same...

Hahoe Folk Village is a village in South Korea. It has buildings and other things that were built in the Joseon Dynasty or that have been rebuilt in the...

called folkloristics. Folkloristics is often ethnographic. A Folktale or folk tale is a story from the oral literature of a people. Little Red Riding Hood...

Yangdong Folk Village is a village in South Korea's North Gyeongsang Province. It is inside the city of Gyeongju, which used to be the capital of Korea...

The Mullsjö Folk High School (Swedish: Mullsjö folkhögskola) is a folk high school in Mullsjö in Sweden. The school was established in 1949 in Jönköping...

American folk music is folk music from the United States, including jazz, blues, bluegrass, gospel, and Native American music, and Cajun. "American Folk Music...

Sugar Hill Records is a folk music record label. Some of the artists who have released albums with the label are Nickel Creek, Allison Moorer, Sam Bush...

National Folk Museum of Korea (Hangul: 국립민속박물관; Hanja: 國立民俗博物館) is a museum in Jongno District, Seoul. It was opened in 1945, and reopened in Gyeongbok...

Animal Crossing: City Folk is a life simulation video game made by Nintendo for the Wii game console. It is the third game in the Animal Crossing series...

became famous as a folk musician. In 1962, he released his first album, simply called Bob Dylan. The next year, he released the folk song "Blowin' in the...

The Folk Nation is an union of street gangs originating in Chicago, established in 1978. The alliance has since spread throughout the United States, particularly...

sitting down to play, they march in parades or at American football matches. A folk band uses traditional styles of music from around the world. It can include...

Chinese folk religion is a religion that has been practised in China for thousands of years. There are at least 800,000,000 followers of Chinese folk religion...

Wylly Folk St. John (October 20, 1908 - August 16, 1985) was an American writer. She is famous for writing books for children. St. John was born in Bamberg...

wrestling: Freestyle Greco-Roman (French wrestling) Collegiate (folk style) (USA) International folk wrestling styles: Kuresh (Armenia) Karakucak Guresh (Turkey)...

in the 1940s. Rock has a lot in common with other genres like blues and folk. It has influences from jazz, classical, and other music genres. Rock music...

of the bigger folk punk genre. However, folk punk usually means punk music that is combined with traditional English or American folk music. Celtic punk...

ballad and sometimes as a duet with another artist. Traditional folk music is a type of folk music that is sung by ordinary people. In popular music, this...

Bailey, MBE (20 October 1935 – 20 November 2018) was an English socialist folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was known for his songs "Songs of Life...

It is used to cure animals of sickness. It is mainly made up of Christian folk religion and early European beliefs. http://braucher.webs.com/ Archived 2014-11-02...

State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble Faizi Gaskarov is a professional folk dance company of the Republic of Bashkortostan. The ensemble was formed in 1936-38...

Mangka Mayanglambam is an Indian Manipuri folk, classical and contemporary song performer and a Pena player. She is best known for the Hada Samadon Ayangba...

northern Germany. The kingdom consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk ("North folk" and "South folk") but the region's borders are vague. Farming and gardening are...

Turbofolk or Pop-folk is a style of music from the Balkans that was invented in the early 1990s. It mostly comes from Greece, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Vernacular architecture or Folk architecture is when buildings are made in a shape or style that the local culture prefers. This short article can be made...

reeds in the harmonica's metal case. Harmonicas are used in blues music, folk music, rock and roll music, and pop music. A special type of harmonica, the...

has won three; one for Best Contemporary Folk Album for The Revolution Starts Now, one for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album (Vocal or Instrumental)...

became very interested in folk music and travelled a lot in Hungary and other countries, including Romania, listening to the folk songs which the country...

States. It was covered by Bananarama in 1989. Unterberger, Richie. "1960s-Folk-Rock Overview". richieunterberger.com. Archived from the original on 9 November...

1965. Most call it a folk rock album, especially in its Capitol (North American) version. Rubber Soul has a mix of pop, soul and folk musical styles. The...

The Kingston Trio was a folk music group from Palo Alto, California who were popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 18 - Blowin'...

American folk musician and songwriter. He was a longtime friend of Woody Guthrie, and founder of The Almanac Singers and The Weavers, two famous folk bands...

We Shall Overcome is an album of folk music recorded and released by Bernie Sanders in 1987. It was done when he was mayor of Burlington, Vermont. The...

Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American country folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. Griffith appeared many times on the PBS...

notes in each octave. Pentatonic scales are very common and are found in folk music from all over the world. Any scale using five notes is "pentatonic"...

folk songs in them. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) used German folk songs in his symphonies, and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) collected English folk...

State Dances, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006. "Official American Folk Dance of Alabama". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department...

(January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) or Richard P. Havens; was an American folk singer and guitarist who performed at Woodstock 1969. He also performed cover...

contains lyrics and words. Songs may be made by songwriters. Other songs are folk songs, which are songs created by people long ago that have been sung as...

mainly played folk music. He sang folk songs and played simple chords with acoustic guitar and harmonica. In 1969, Don Mclean joined folk singer Pete Seeger...

Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) is all the acoustic, guitar forms of the blues. This short article about...

was an American actor and folk singer. He was born in Hunt City, Illinois. He acted on stage and in many movies. He was a folk music singer. He died from...

Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve writes and publishes the folk story Beauty and the Beast. This short article can be made longer. You can...

the Punjab region, now divided between India and Pakistan, and began as a folk dance which was conducted by Punjabi farmers of all creeds, Sikhs, Muslims...

different music styles and genres, such as psychedelic rock, psychedelic folk, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul, psychedelic ambient, psychedelic trance...

and Argentine folk music. Argentine rock music began in the mid-1960s, after Richie Valens recorded "La Bamba", which became a popular folk song. This short...

known as Woody Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967), was an American folk musician and songwriter, of the 20th century. Guthrie was born Woodrow Wilson...

The Morris Dance is an English folk dance. The earliest known English written mention of Morris dance is dated to 1448. It records the payment of seven...

Folktronica is a genre derivative of and combing both folk music and electronica. The name "folktronica" seems to have originated in the British press...

and Uzbekistan. When Russia's hand supported us, The guild of the Soviet folk was created, The star of our life was enlightened. Oh, our pasts with effulgence...

National instrument Nationalism (music) National pastimes Folk dances Folk hero Folk instrument Folk music Culture hero Tricksters Monuments and cliches associated...

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel were an American folk and rock music duo. They were two childhood friends, who became famous in the 1960s. Their songs, including...

Carthy MBE, is an English folk singer and guitarist. He was one of the first performers in the renewed interest in British folk music in the 1960s. He has...

the folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and (Noel) Paul Stookey. Peter, Paul and Mary was one of the most successful folk-singing...

The Byrds were a popular folk rock band, from California. Their members included Jim McGuinn (who later changed his name to Roger), David Crosby, Gene...

folk dance traditions of Latin America. It is a fast dance rhythm in 2/4 time. Particularly: Colombian cumbia: a musical rhythm and traditional folk dance...

was an Irish entertainer and folk musician. Although a solo artist for most of his career, McCann was a member of the folk group the Dubliners from 1974...

Eu e Tu) is a Meitei-Portuguese bilingual song. It was sung by Manipuri folk musical artist Mangka Mayanglambam and the artists of Portuguese musical...

was an English folk musician and singer-songwriter. He was one of the most highly known musicians produced by the second British folk revival. His work...

is a microphone for the Nintendo Wii. It came with Animal Crossing: City Folk. Few games used it. This short article about video games can be made longer...

to North America with the European settlers. Square dances are a type of folk dance. Mayo, Margot 1943. The American Square Dance. New York: Sentinel books...

from the southeast to northwest (or vice versa), which has led to mountain folk being semi-isolated from the lower areas to either side of the mountains...

German settlers in the 1800s. Tejano music is a mix-music-genre of German folk, Ranchera, Mariachi, and Conjunto music. The genre became popular during...

writes the music and one writes the words (the lyrics). Some songs such as folk songs were composed many years ago and no one knows who wrote them. Composition...

music is the name for a collection of types of music that evolved out of the folk musical traditions of the Celtic people of Western Europe. Celtic punk Celtic...

a note which sounds all the time while a piece of music is played. Some folk instruments always make a drone when they are played: bagpipes and hurdy...

are many different kinds of harps. The two main kinds are folk harps and pedal harps. The folk harp is the older kind of harp, the oldest dating back to...

Ensiferum is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. The name comes from the Latin word ensĭfĕrum which means "sword bearer". (someone who carries a...

combines many kinds of music from the United States, such as country music, folk music, gospel music, work, blues and jazz. Rock and roll developed in the...

a Canadian singer and songwriter. He is famous around the world for his folk, country, and pop music songs. He was first heard in the 1960s. He had hit...

Azərbaycan Dövlət Filarmoniyası) is the main concert hall for classical music and folk music in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku. The Azerbaijan State Philharmonic...

Manganleibi Loktongbam". Caesar, Thounaojam; Sanasam, Reena (2018). "The Oral Folk Literature of the Ancient Meiteis of Manipur: An Analysis of its Cultural...

Folker Bohnet (7 August 1937 – 6 October 2020) was a German actor and theatre director. He was born in Berlin. He was known for his role as Hans in Die...

convicts at Port Arthur, Tasmania March 6 – Davy Crockett, 49, American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician, execution (b. 1786) June 28 -...

Song They Sang When Rome Fell. In 2003 Mitchell won the "New Folk" award at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Her album, Hymns for the Exiled, was released on...

Korpiklaani (Finnish: The Backwoods Clan) is a Finnish folk metal band. The band was made in Lahti as the Shamaani Duo in 1993. It was also named Shaman...

2014) was a Scottish folk singer-songwriter. She released over 23 albums between 1962 and 1995. She was worked with American folk legend such as Bob Dylan...

mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. In the local folk tales he is presented as a very clever person. These...

of the country. Hungarian folk dance group in traditional clothing Hungarian folk music band Héttorony Hangászok Romani folk music band Kalyi Jag This...

Tanuki is a word for the Raccoon dog in Japanese. Tanukis are in Japanese folk tales. In Japan, it is said that tanukis deceive a person, and that the ability...

emotionality. The plot is based on the German folk legend of the Freischütz and many of its tunes were inspired by German folk music. Its unearthly portrayal of the...

playing this file? See media help. "Arirang" (아리랑; [a.ɾi.ɾaŋ]) is a Korean folk song. It is sometimes thought of as the unofficial national anthem of Korea...

2020) was a major Norwegian folk singer, lyricist and painter. He was an important person in the field of Norwegian folk music in the 1960s. He was known...

Roots rock is a type of rock music that has folk, blues and country music in it. It was created in the United States during the 1960s. The genre later...

O'Hair, American atheist activist (d. 1995) May 3 - Pete Seeger, American folk musician (d. 2014) May 7 – Eva Perón, former First Lady of Argentina (d....

took folk music bands and musicians and helped them to create a new type of music called folk rock or acid rock. Folk rock and acid rock mixed folk music...

Pashupati Sharma is a Nepalese folk singer born on 31 October 1982 in Putalibazar Municipality Ward Number 3 of Syangja District, Nepal. Sharma moved to...

Newton-John, folk-rocker Paul Kelly; Dance group The Avalanches; jazz guitarist Tommy Emmanuel; pioneer rocker Johnny O'Keefe, global folk-rock band The...

Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest...

– April 27, 2022) was an American folk singer-songwriter. Her 1963 recording of "High Flying Bird" was a well known folk-rock song. Her 1969 album Farewell...

Welsh folk singer and politician. He was the president of Plaid Cymru from 2003 to 2010. He first rose to fame as a singer-songwriter of folk music in...

practiced today such as Sanamahism (Meitei paganism), Tengrism, Shinto, Chinese folk religion, Wicca, Druidism, Taoism, Asatru and Candomblé. Polytheistic religions...

þættir 1934: Sjálfstætt fólk — Part I, Landnámsmaður Íslands (Icelandic Pioneers), Independent People 1935: Sjálfstætt fólk – Part II, Erfiðir tímar...

Hungary has made many contributions to the fields of folk, popular and classical music. Hungarian folk music is a prominent part of the national identity...

June Tabor (born 31 December 1947) is an English folk singer. June Tabor wanted to sing after she heard an Anne Briggs record called Hazards of Love in...

for Best Original Song for Burl Ives's version of the 17th-century English folk song "Lavender Blue". It lost to "Baby, It's Cold Outside" from Neptune's...

tubing or nickel plated brass tubing fitted with a plastic fipple (mouthpiece). It is very popular among the Irish being important to Irish folk music....

mythology, is the goddess Freyja's place. Its name means "Field of the Folk". The "folk" here refers to men sent to battle. This short article about religion...

He was a leading figure of the folk music scene of the 1960s. He is important as a singer of Australian traditional folk songs. He scored a Top 10 hit...

6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was a Grammy Award winning American country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He has released...

Robertson Yarbrough (January 12, 1930 – August 11, 2016) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He was the lead singer (tenor) with the Limeliters...

Musical College, the department of folk instruments, class – balalaika. Upon graduation, he entered the Smolensk folk orchestra as a soloist-balalaika....

Կարապետի Համբարձումյան, January 9, 1925 – June 13, 2016) was an Armenian folk singer. She was known as the "Queen of Armenian Song". During her career...

and because of this, many songs on the album are written in the style of folk and country. This upset many fans at the time who said that the band should...

Literature for his work as a writer "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". List of Chinese writers Laughlin, Charles...

was made an outlaw by the Roman Senate in 68 AD Robin Hood, the English folk hero, who was probably a combination of several real and legendary outlaws...

was a Serbian folk singer. His debut EP 'Dajte mi utjehu' was released in 1969 when he was eighteen. He was known as 'The King of Folk'. He was also a...

Southwest. Others are on Museum Hill: Museum of International Folk Art – showcasing folk arts from around the world. Museum of Indian Arts and Culture...

The Bell-Beaker culture (or Beaker culture, Beaker people or Beaker folk) is the name of a cultural phenomenon which occurred in large parts of Western...

instrumental and vocal works. His music was influenced by both Brazilian folk music and by classical music from Europe. The music of Johann Sebastian Bach...

Giddha (Punjabi: گدها, ਗਿੱਧਾ, giddhā) is a popular folk dance of women in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. Women perform this dance mainly at festive...

Harish or Rani Harish, was a folk dancer and choreographer from Rajasthan, India. He worked to protect and promote Rajasthani folk dances like Ghoomar, Kalbelia...

are there?". Taxon. 52 (1): 101–104. doi:10.2307/3647306. JSTOR 3647306. Folk, Ryan A.; Sun, Miao; Soltis, Pamela S.; Smith, Stephen A.; Soltis, Douglas...

Folkspraak (also Folksprák and Folksprak; from folk 'people' and spraak 'language', which means "the language of the people") is an unfinished zonal constructed...

March 11, 1986), known as Sonny Terry, was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently...

of Afghanistan. "Population - Iran Data Portal". Islamic Republic of Iran. A Mamasani folk-song sung by Shusha Guppy in the 1970s: You Must Come to Me....

2017) was a Czech folk singer. She was an important figure of Moravian traditional music. She was sometimes called the "queen of the folk song". She was...

a Serbian rock, Balkan ethnic, folk and pop guitarist. He played in the Yugoslavian heavy metal band Metro, pop-folk band 'Ljute papričice' and was a...

Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian folk rock and Indie band originally from Wainfleet, Ontario and now based in Toronto, Ontario. They released their self-titled...

Maria Grazia Rosa Domenica D'Amato. She is a folk-blues singer who contributed to the revival of American folk music in the early 1960s and recorded the...

Skiffle is a folk music genre that takes elements from jazz, blues, and American folk music. Skiffle is easily recognisable by its use of simple, often...

instrument of Manipur and is usually used by the folk singers of Meitei ethnicity, while performing folk music. It is commonly seen in performance during...

The Dubliners were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962. Their most famous lead singers were Luke Kelly and Ronnie Drew. The band was successful...

to be great organ improviser. A lot of people who play folk music improvise. Traditional folk music would not have been written down. In traditional jazz...

people make jack-o-lanterns at Halloween. It also has a few noted uses in folk medicine. It has been traditionally used by some Native American groups for...

Blues Album Best Traditional Blues Album Best Contemporary Folk Album Best Traditional Folk Album Best Regional Roots Music Album Best Gospel Performance/Song...

"Ronnie" Dunam Drew (16 September, 1934 - 16 August, 2008) was an Irish folk singer and country singer. He was born in Londonderry, Ireland in 1934. Ronnie...

writer, folk musician and a professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Oslo. She has written about Norwegian literature, science and folk music...

(Bulgarian: Любка Рондова) (24 September 1936 – 15 March 2016) was a Bulgarian folk singer. She best known for performing and recording many of the traditional...

Interestingly, it came out to be the first comic book in Meetei script. The folk story was reproduced into a play, "Uchek Langmeidong (The Chorus of the Birds)"...

"Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1895 – June 29, 1987) was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter. She was born as Elizabeth Nevills in Carrboro...

His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. The style of much of his work is like the Kalevala and folk songs. He was known for writing about...

is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by several seminal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; Bach Guild was a subsidiary label. In 1953...

journalist Earl Cochran Jr., NFL player Thornton Dial, African-American folk artist Virginia Hill, actress, mob courier and girlfriend of Bugsy Siegel...

flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is used as a spice and a folk medicine. It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems. These...

Kintarō (金太郎, Kintarō? sometimes means "Golden Boy") is a folk (story) hero from Japanese folklore. A child born really strong. He was raised by a girl...

Alice "Ronnie" Gilbert (September 7, 1926 – June 6, 2015) was an American folk singer-songwriter, actress and activist. She was one of the original members...

folk song. Country blues banjo player Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs (1898-1971) recorded the song in the late 1920s. A recording from the 1938 National Folk...

Dolores Keane (26 September 1953 – 16 March 2026) was an Irish folk singer. She was a founding member of the group De Dannan. Keane died at her home at...

– 12 June 2014) was folk and traditional musician. Mahanta was known as the "King of Bihu". His Bihu songs, Borgeet and other folk songs helped shaped...

Nadira Begum (died 6 November 2023) was a Bangladeshi folk singer. She was awarded Shilpakala Padak by the Government of Bangladesh in 2015. She was notable...

Santo and modified by Benedictine monks after 1065. Maria Carta (1934-1994), folk singer and actress Gavino Ledda, author of an autobiographical work Padre...

drone (especially one in fifths) to make it sound like bagpipes or other folk instruments. Johann Sebastian Bach, François Couperin and other Baroque composers...

between the Kyoto and Shiga prefectures, Japan. Mount Hiei appeared in many folk tales in different centuries. Traditionally, people believed it to be the...

the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival. He also co-founded the Newport Folk Festival with Peter Seeger and Theodore Bikel. He also founded the New Orleans...

and guitarist. He was born in Barking, Essex. He is famous for his mix of folk, punk, and protest music. "Billy Bragg - Music Biography, Credits and Discography"...

associated with the Loktak lake. The museum preserves the folk customs and beliefs, folk medicines, folk literature associated with the Loktak lake. In 2016...

crops Thumleima - Meitei goddess of salt Singh, Moirangthem Kirti (1993). Folk Culture of Manipur. Manas Publications. ISBN 978-81-7049-063-0. Manipuri...

the Jews of Eastern Europe, and it is a mix of Russian, Greek and Romanian folk music, based on Jewish prayer music. In old times, it was played during Jewish...

Christian, and did not want to write this ballet. He turned instead to Russian folk songs for Les Noces. He had started to think about this in 1913. Michel Fokine...

The word fiddle refers to a violin when used in folk music. Many people also use it simply as a fun word for "violin". Someone who plays the fiddle is...

it using a bow. It is played in traditional Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, and Boro folk music in India. It is also common in Bangladesh and...

also referred to as folk religion. According to the Pew Research Center, 2010: Roman Catholic 64.1% Protestants 16% Buddhists 10.6% Folk religions 5.3% Other...

used in World War I to disinfect walls and floors of a hospital. As the folk wisdom says, lavender oil is also helpful to headaches when rubbed on your...

(Old Manipuri: Hensunaha Lailoulempi), or simply known as Henjunaha, is a folk tale in the ancient Moirang Kangleirol legends of Meitei mythology and folklore...

but raised in Anchorage, Alaska. Gibson, Caitlin (January 18, 2018). "'90s folk superstar Jewel is happy — finally. Now she wants to know: Are you?". The...

that he must not simply imitate these composers, so he also studied English folk song. He became good friends with the composer Gustav Holst. The two men...

for close vocal and guitar harmonies, which owe much to the English folk and folk/rock genres. Whether intentional or not this has become their hallmark...

February 2025, at the age of 81. Cult folk musician and songwriter Bill Fay dies aged 81 NME Stereogum, Bill Fay, Cult Folk Artist, Dead At 81 Robert Helbig...

Eluveitie is a folk metal band from Switzerland. They started in 2002. Their style is a mixture of Celtic folk metal and melodic death metal. Their style...

lasting over 40 years. For example, it plays classic pop songs, rock, jazz and folk. "RAJAR listening figures". Archived from the original on 2012-06-01. Retrieved...

John Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American country folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Maywood, Illinois but raised...

orchestral accompaniment. He was very interested in German folk song and he found new ways to use folk song in large orchestral symphonies. His work Das Lied...

November 20, 2019) was a Canadian folk rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and actor. He was best known as the frontman of the folk rock band Spirit of the West...

Laura Marling (born 1 February 1990) is a British folk singer-songwriter. Marling won Best Female Solo Artist at the 2011 Brit Awards. Marling was born...

Serb folk singer. His debut album, titled Ruža, was released in 1981 under PGP-RTB. Over the years he became one of the most popular Serbian folk singers...

Schandmaul is a medieval folk rock band from Munich, Germany. They formed in 1998. The members right now are: Thomas Lindner, Birgit Muggenthaler, Anna...

Leipareng (in Manipuri). 1995. p. 107. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help) Folk Culture of Manipur - Page 7 - Moirangthem Kirti Singh · 1993 Tal Taret (in...

Is Your Land" is one of the best known folk songs in the United States. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940, based on...

from Swansea, Wales. He is known for television programmes such as Queer as Folk and The Second Coming, and for bringing back the popular science-fiction...

Sudhamahi (2005). Folk Tales of the North-East. Children's Book Trust. ISBN 978-81-7011-967-8. Singh, Moirangthem Kirti (1993). Folk Culture of Manipur...

The New Christy Minstrels were an American folk group. Notable former members include Glen Campbell (solo career; Rhinestone Cowboy), Barry McGuire (solo...

Clogging is a form of tap dancing. It is a type of folk dance. Clogs are shoes that cloggers wear. Dancers hit the heel, the toe, or both against a floor...

Martha Wainwright (born May 8, 1976) is a Canadian-American folk-rock singer. She is the daughter of singers Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle...

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk music group, most famous during the 1960s. The members are Peter Yarrow, Paul (Noel) Stookey and Mary Travers...

from just about any type of music. In the 1960s in the United States, many folk musicians such as Phil Ochs, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan made protest songs....

corner back. William Levi Dawson, (b. 23 September 1899), composer of Negro Folk Symphony. Bobby Edwards, country singer Kevin Greene, retired American NFL...

Kalush (stylized in all caps) is a Ukrainian music band. They make hip hop, folk and rap music. They named the group after their hometown of Kalush. In 2021...

Two of Hurt's songs were included in the album The Anthology of American Folk Music and an Australian found a copy of Avalon Blues. So the interest in...

started in 1910. He was ambushed and shot by Mexican troops in 1919. He is a folk hero in Mexico to this day. He was born to Gabriel Zapata and Cleofas Jertrudiz...

Mary Hopkin (born 3 May 1950) is a Welsh folk singer. She was born in Pontardawe. She was most famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Her first and...

BMI has historically been more open to composers of rock and roll, jazz, folk music, blues, and country music who sing and play their own music[source...

Bridge over Troubled Water is the fifth and final studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. The album was released on January 26, 1970 through...

literature. One of the most famous is in the opening line of the famous folk song "Waltzing Matilda". This short article about a place or feature can...

Jhumar or Jhoomar is a traditional folk dance of Pakistan. Jhumar originated from the Jhang region of Punjab. It is very popular in the Sandalbar areas...

Flor-de-Lis are a folk music group from Lisbon, Portugal. They competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song Todas as ruas do amor where they...

part of folk songs. The gamle-stev is the only part of the folk song which was passed down from generation to generation. The rest of the folk song is...

Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American folk pop singer. He was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. He was known for his singles...

is known for including various styles of music into his songs, including folk music, electronica, indie music, techno, rock music, and alternative music...

Down", also known as "Run On" and "Run On for a Long Time", is a traditional folk song which has been recorded by many artists representing many genres. The...

LaFave (July 12, 1955 – May 21, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician. He was born in Willis Point, Texas. After moving to Stillwater...

Rosanne Millicent Cousins (born April 21, 1977) is a Canadian folk and pop music singer-songwriter. She was born in Prince Edward Island. She had two extended...

of Byzantine paintings and modern Greek folk art. She decided to collect and preserve as much of Greek folk art as possible. In 1927, her first book...

India. It looks a lot like a drum. It is commonly used in festivals and folk music of various temples in the state. Traditionally, it is used in rural...

been a "Schoolhouse Rock" episode into a mournful piece of folk-rock. Valdez, Steve (2014). "Folk rock". In Henderson, Lol; Stacey, Lee (eds.). Encyclopedia...

J. Fuld (2000). The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk. Courier Dover Publications. pp. 267–. ISBN 978-0-486-41475-1. Fuld, James...

musical styles including: country music, psychedelic rock, Celtic music, and folk music which Lynott mixed with hard rock and heavy metal styles. Thin Lizzy...

generation of the Manipuri ethnicity. Recently, Mangka Mayanglambam, a legendary folk singer, is reviving the nearly extinct music art form. After her dedicated...

an American singer-songwriter. Her genres include rock and roll, pop and folk. Her well known singles include "Send In the Clowns", "Amazing Grace" and...

his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle. Renbourn died on 26 March 2015 from a heart attack at his...

The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with their Modern Scientific...

of a type of woodwind instruments from the flute family used in Ukrainian folk music. A sopilka is traditionally made of elderberry wood, but it can also...

to collect folk songs. Both of them were influenced by English folk songs when they were composing. Butterworth was also a very good folk dancer. He was...

Irish rock band. For the American rock band, see The Cars. The Corrs is a folk pop rock band from Ireland. There are three sisters and one brother in the...

for his research works on Folk religion, Lalan Fakir and Cultural Anthropology in Bengal. He spent 30 years researching the folk culture by traveling to...

skill at playing acoustic guitar. His music can be bluegrass or country or folk. He has played in music groups with J. D. Crowe, Norman Blake, and David...

vocalist of The Young Veins. As of 2011 he is trying a solo career as a folk-pop artist. This short article about a person from the United States can...

American singer-songwriter. Her musical style combines bluegrass, country, and folk into a style she calls "American Primitive". Wilkinson, Alec (2004-09-20)...

Geographical Nomenclature of Japan Viewed in the Light of Aino Studies, 1887 Aino Folk-Tales, 1888 A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese, 1887 Things Japanese,1890...

Kikkli is a folk dance of the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It is performed by young Punjabi women by holding hands and moving in circular motions...

Valya Mladenova Balkanska (born 8 January 1942) is a Bulgarian folk music singer. She is most famous for performing the song Izlel je Delyo hajdutin, which...

imagination, nature, human life, freedom of expression, individualism, and old folk traditions (like legends and fairy tales). The movement showed most strongly...

The Little Red Hen is a folk tale, probably of Russian origin. It is in the form of a fable to teach young listeners and readers a lesson: the virtues...

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. is the debut studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. The album was released on October 19, 1964. This short...

Korean Traditional Performing Arts Museum (NCKTPA Museum) (국악박물관) National Folk Museum of Korea (국립민속박물관) National Museum of Korea (국립중앙박물관) National Palace...

calls it one part of an clear and unquestioned "triangle consisting of 'folk', 'art' and 'popular' musics". He explains that each of these three is distinguishable...

Locally, the bridge is known as "Goatman's Bridge", due to a legendary demonic folk legend of the same name, who is popularly believed to live in the forest...

hosted the European Masters Weightlifting Championship. Jahan Talyshinskaya — folk song singer and theatre actress. Hazi Aslanov — twice Hero of the Soviet...

Bangladesh, the United Kingdom, among others. Leima Jagoi "khamba Thoibi Folk Dance of Manipur". www.indianfolkdances.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07. "Everything...

and author. She originally did country music, but then expanded to pop, folk and rock music. Cash has had many hit songs during her singing career. She...

The Lumineers are an American alternative folk band that was formed in Ramsey, New Jersey, in 2005, and it was based in Denver, Colorado. Wikimedia Commons...

by Juri Lotman. Main building Aula Observatory New Anatomicum Art museum Folk dance Students' spring days Rang HP (January 2006). "The receptor concept:...

Sounds of Silence is the second studio album by American folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. The album was released on January 17, 1966. This short article...

many popular events in both summer and winter such as Heritage Days, the Folk Festival, and the Fringe. Edmonton has many interesting places to visit like...

state, and great achievements in combat or labour. Father of the Nation Folk hero This short article about politics can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia...

at home. Her parents taught her Polish, Hungarian, Italian, and Russian folk dances. Her father also taught her some acrobatics. This helped her later...

symphonies and a ballet called Gayane. His music was largely influenced by the folk music of Armenia. His most popular piece, the "Sabre Dance" from Gayane,...

beat of this music is like the European waltz or polska. Bambuco is often folk music. There is a dance that goes with Bambuco music. It is a group dance...

(Sardinian language; "Tancas closed with wall") is a traditional Sardinian folk. The verses had been composed by the blind poet Melchiorre Murenu, shortly...

Beauty and the Beast is a French folk story. It tells the story of a merchant who is lost in the woods. He finds the palace of a beast who wants to kill...

American singer-songwriter and musician. He made music with elements of cowboy folk, jazz, country, swing, bluegrass, pop and gypsy. He led the band Dan Hicks...

common for music such as jazz (which usually consists of improvisation) and folk, which traditionally is taught from one generation to another by listening...

violin, whether as a solo instrument, in chamber music, in orchestral music, folk music, and even in jazz. The violin is sometimes called a “fiddle”. Someone...

Orchestra RTB and was its principal conductor. He arranged the Yugoslav folk melodies. The Orchestra was also conducted by Dušan Skovran, a rector of...

the screenplay for a movie called Keeping the Faith. In 2024, he played folk singer Pete Seeger in the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. "Edward Norton...

types of music ranging from classical to rock and roll, to bluegrass and folk. The six strings can be steel or nylon. Nylon strings are typically used...

it won a Latin Grammy Award for "Best Folk Album". The main music genres which make up the album are pop, folk and ska. "Lila Downs publica Pecados y...

American singer-songwriter. Stookey is known by his stage name, Paul, in the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. He has been known by his first name, Noel, throughout...

There were talks of spreading the concept outside Sweden, with a disco/folk music version in Poland and a country music version in the USA. Aftonbladet...

of the classic garden of the Tang Dynasty. Sichuan has a long history of folk and classical music. Sichuan opera is an ancient tradition that very is well-known...

nominated for 1974 Juno Award for "Folk Album of the Year" and it won that award. Lightfoot also won a Juno that year as "Folk Singer of the Year". All compositions...

2019 is given. Rubi Rahman (poetry) Nasir Ahmed (poetry) Bulbul Chowdhury (folk literature) Khan Sarwar Murshid (essay and research) Ajoy Roy (science and...

Bangamata (meaning "Mother Bengal"). The music is based on the melody of the folk song "Āmi Kōthāy Pabo Tarē". The modern instrumental rendition was arranged...

Alberto Viglietti Indart (24 July 1939 – 30 October 2017) was an Uruguayan folk singer, guitarist, composer, and political activist. He was one of the main...

hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD. Psychedelic rock incorporated elements of blues and folk rock and eventually contributed to the evolution of hard rock and progressive...

ThaMuseMeant is an American folk rock band from Virginia. This short article about music can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it....

Ophiuchus, a person holding a snake. Ophiuchus also may mean: Ophiuchus_(band) is an English folk band. Ophiuchus_(astrology) is a sign in the Western zodiac....

Irish music is the music of Ireland. Ireland shares folk music traditions with other Celtic nations such as Scotland, but many of its more modern artists...

The Museum of the History of Yoshkar-Ola displays military artifacts and folk art in a former merchant’s house. The green-domed Cathedral of the Resurrection...

Songs of Leonard Cohen is the debut album by Canadian folk singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen. It was released on December 27, 1967 on Columbia Records. The...

for Mandolinist of the Year 2002 – Won Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album for This Side (with Nickel Creek) 2005 – Nominated for Grammy Award...

– March 6, 1836) was an American frontiersman, soldier, politician, and folk hero. He is more often called Davy Crockett. He also has the nickname “King...

it did in America. Folk music and skiffle were also popular. Young people all over England formed skiffle bands, and played folk and rock songs. Lennon...

Yaqui. Valens most notable work include recordings of “La Bamba” a Mexican folk song which became a hit in the U.S. “Donna” a song dedicated to his friend...

“classical music” meaning European music which is not pop music or jazz or folk music. It is music which has been written by composers who have studied the...

opium poppy fruits, with a ribbon and embroidery (traditional Macedonian folk motifs). This short article about Europe can be made longer. You can help...

his country music, his music spanned many other genres, including gospel, folk and rock and roll. Because of this, he was inducted into the Country Music...

Ancient Greece and Rome Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Greek Folk Dance Music Greek Music Greek Songs Greek Music (Musicportal.gr) "Lend an...

de tristura" (Sardinian language; "sad ditty") is a traditional Sardinian folk song composed by an anonymous author and rewritten by Luciano Berio for voice...

House of The Rising Sun", was an old American folk song, which they performed with a rock and roll beat. Folk musician Bob Dylan was impressed by the Animals...

many different music styles on it, like reggae, funk, acoustic songs and folk-like rock songs. Many fans and critics thought when the album was released...

psychedelic rock combined with other kinds of music like blues, country, folk, and bluegrass. They are also known for their artwork and logos, which include...

including Thomas Callan Hodson use the term "Meit(h)ei" instead of "Meitei". Folk-Lore/Volume 23/Meithei Literature Medieval Indian Literature: Surveys and...

a traditional English folk song, and also a traditional Scottish one as well. Steeleye Span sings the traditional English folk song on their album They...

Celtiberians for a Celtic people on the Iberian peninsula) Irish music, folk music that started in "Celtic" cultures. Celtic art, art from the "Celtic"...

is the stage name of British folk singer Jay McAllister. He is from Braintree, Essex. He rose to fame out of the UK folk scene in 2005. His songwriting...

the Haapavesi Folk Music Festival. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haapavesi. Town of Haapavesi – Official website Haapavesi Folk Music Festival...

music to be played. The Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg liked Norwegian folk music. When he wrote the famous tune “Morning” for the music for Peer Gynt...

male fairy said to live in the island of Ireland. They are a class of fairy folk" in Irish mythology and folklore, as with all fairies, with the Tuatha Dé...

multi-instrumentalist, whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk, pop, classical, jazz, and bluegrass music. He was most popular in the late...

of Finland. She is young woman who often has blonde hair, blue eyes and a folk costume. This short article about Europe can be made longer. You can help...

November 1802 – 4 October 1880) was a Dutch language speaking rederijker and folk calligrapher. Winok Bourel was born in Eecke on 1 November 1802. He became...

Croce (/ˈkroʊtʃi/; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. He became well known at first for his third album...

folklorist, businessman, columnist and writer. He was known in the world of folk music. He was the former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village...

singer and actress. She was born in Guasave, Sinaloa. She was sing about folk music of Mexico. In the early 1970s she recorded four songs the Sinaloan...

second studio album by English rock band Wishbone Ash. The album is more like folk music than the last album, which was more like blues rock. The album sold...

the national epic poetry of the Manipuri ethnicity Khamba Thoibi Jagoi, a folk dance form, believed to be first performed by Khuman Khamba and Moirang Thoibi...

formerly Angela Olive Stalker) was a British author who changed themes from folk tales and gave them dark and sexual twists. She was born in Eastbourne, Sussex...

more European-based, but he, too, often wrote very Russian music based on folk tunes. Before The Five were established as a group, Mikhail Glinka and Alexander...

Pavél, Bosnian politicians and rugby union May 11 - Leart Enzo, Macedonian folk music May 13 – Wang Xiaobo, Chinese writer June 28 - John Patrick Lowrie...

"Hatikvah" (Hebrew: התקוה, say: hah-tik-VAH, meaning "The Hope") is a Jewish folk song used as the national anthem of Israel. The words of the song are based...

Canadian singer-songwriter famous for her emotional songs written in the folk style. With her sister Anna McGarrigle, she had success in the 1970's where...

July 10, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter, and is the son of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. His most famous song is Alice's Restaurant, which...

Keioiba or Kabui Keioiba is a mythical creature in the Meitei mythology and folk stories of Manipur. He has the head of a tiger and the body of a human. Legends...

of a megalith is Stonehenge. Johnson, W. (1908) p.67 Johnson, W. (1908). Folk-memory. Oxford: Clarendon press. This short article can be made longer. You...

Shita-kiri Suzume (which means The Tongue-Cut Sparrow) is a Japanese folk legend. It is told by many parents to their children. The story is about being...

American folk musician April 25 - Fred Hubbell, politician April 27 – Ace Frehley, American musician (Kiss) April 30 - Ken Whiteley, Canadian folk musician...

music. Progressive rock bands may have influences from psychedelic rock, folk music, traditional music, world music, and jazz or jazz fusion. It is also...

"Hallelujah" is a folk-rock song by Canadian singer/guitarist Leonard Cohen. It was first released on his 1984 album Various Positions. Following its increased...

The Kkwaenggwari (kwang gah ree) is a small gong used in Korean folk music. This short article about music can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by...

same name", and "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin. Call and response is common in folk and choral singing of many people, especially in African musical cultures...

been categorized in several genres, including pop, rock, country, indie and folk. "Medleyville: Q&A: BRANDI CARLILE". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30...

The origins of the dance are in late 18th century Germany, probably from a folk dance called the Lander. Today the music is danced in two forms, the Viennese...

of other words, things or activities to describe their rural, country or folk nature, e.g. "Bush Cricket", "Bush Music", etc. Australian Government, Culture...

1980s popular rock bands in Armenia began to emerge. The Armenians blended folk music with their rock music. After Bolshevism, progressive rock music began...

in Greece and in Turkey. They hold many old own traditions, music, and folk songs. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pomaks. "IMAGO". "Bulgarian...

movies. The predecessor of Village Singers was "Folk Trekkers" (Fōku torekkāzu), a country music folk group formed by Hisashi Komatsu. The group was once...

viola. The Whamola is a direct descendant of the washtub bass, an American folk instrument popular with skiffle and jug bands, and features a single string...

ideas from folk music from central Europe, especially Hungarian music. Quite often the music is not in a major or minor key. He uses folk scales which...

April 2026) was an Irish singer. She is famous for being a member of the folk group Clannad. Brennan was born in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. She...

She was called "The First Lady of the Children's Folk Song". She was a leading performer of folk and children's music. Jenkins was born into an African...

"Mare" Winningham (/mɛər/; born May 16, 1959) is an American actress and folk-blues singer-songwriter. She was born in Phoenix, Arizona. Winningham began...

popular for time or just to be a commercial success. It is different from folk music which is generally made up by ordinary members of society and learned...

Jean Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk music singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player. Elektra records signed her...

Britons, British people, or the British are people from Britain – either from the United Kingdom or the island of Great Britain. In history, the people...

Meitei folktales or Manipuri folktales refer to the large collection of folk stories developed from the Meitei culture since Ancient Manipur (Antique Kangleipak)...

Jyotindra; Gujarat, Shreyas Folk Museum of (1980). Folk Art and Culture of Gujarat: Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat. New Delhi:...

comes from her first marriage (to Chuck Mitchell). She first began singing folk music while she attended art school, to earn spending money. In time, her...

Dvořák (1841-1904) and many others. Some of them, like Dvořák, included folk song from their own country in their quartets. In the 20th century, composers...

British cosmic folk band of the late sixties/early seventies, popular in the UK. They were invited to perform at Woodstock but their style didn't make...

soon learn to produce a musical pattern on it. They are often used in rural folk fares, religious festivals, or Bhajans. Some people earn their livelihood...

Kundiman is a genre of traditional Filipino folk ballads, predominantly with romantic themes. The lyrics of the kundiman are written in classic Tagalog...

"The Cow Jumped Over the Moon") is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19478. A version of the rhyme is: Hey diddle diddle...

February 1950 – 23 July 2021) was a Bangladeshi folk and pop singer. He has made extensive contributions to folk music and local pop music. He is the founder...

group in Africa. These religions still stick to their traditions. They are folk religions, and combine different beliefs. In general, people in the cities...

became interested in folk music. He liked to go to country pubs and listen to the people singing there. He collected about 150 folk songs in Norfolk and...

Do You Believe In Magic? is a popular 1965 song by the American folk-rock band The Lovin' Spoonful. The song was their first hit and also the name of their...

William Tell was a folk hero from Switzerland. In the story, William Tell is a man who refused to bow down to pole that was set up by an army who had taken...

describe a set of (music) market products collected from traditional music or folk music which were found in different parts of the world. In sampled world...

is the son of ranchera singer Vicente Fernández. Alejandro sings Mexican folk music. These include mariachi and ranchera music. Alejandro Fernández has...

Sharda Sinha (1 October 1952 – 5 November 2024) was an Indian folk singer. She sang in Bhojpuri, Maithili, and Magahi languages. She was known for traditional...

2022-03-29. Singh, Moirangthem Kirti (1993). Folk Culture of Manipur. Manas Publications. ISBN 978-81-7049-063-0. Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1991. The Anthropologist:...

Eric Taylor (September 25, 1949 – March 9, 2020) was an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. Taylor was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Taylor's nine...

1982) was a Punjabi singer. She mostly sang Punjabi folk songs. She is most famous for making Punjabi folk music popular and for trying new things with it...

folk rock and blues. Martyn started making music when he was 17. He was in the Scottish folk music community. His music was inspired by English folk music...

Maureen (August 4, 2020). "Michael P. Smith, much-recorded star of Chicago's folk and club scene, dead at 78". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved August 4, 2020...

Appleseed" Chapman (September 26, 1774 - March 18, 1845) was an American folk hero who was a Christian missionary and pioneer. His nickname came from the...

George David Weiss. The song was covered internationally by many pop and folk revival artists in the 1950s and 1960s, including Henri Salvador, the Weavers...

Theatre. From 1958 to 1960, she taught folk and character dance at the Palucca School in Dresden. She taught folk and character dance at the State Ballet...

He has performed many different genres of music, including blues music, folk music, alternative rock, garage rock, and indie music, among other music...

embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. This...

Anne Feeney (July 1, 1951 – February 3, 2021) was an American folk musician and singer-songwriter, political activist and attorney. Feeney was born in...

Magic" is a song by Russ Ballard. It is from 1982. It was recorded by the folk rock band America. It was on their album View from the Ground. "200 Greatest...

Arkona may refer to: Cape Arkona on the German island of Rügen Arkona (band), a Russian folk metal band...

Sarkar (poetry) Rabiul Hosain (poetry) Anwara Syed Haq (folk literature) Shushanta Mazumdar (folk literature) Abul Ahsan Chowdhury (research) Rafiqul Haque...

sang Punjabi folk songs. It is where she is credited and appreciated the most for involving and improving new ideas and popularizing this Folk music genre...

and they're widely known for them. Their music ranges widely from punk to folk rock to pop and much more. Former members Ryan Ross – guitar, keyboards,...

German French horror movie directed by Edward Dmytryk and based on the 1697 folk tale of the same name by Charles Perrault. It stars Richard Burton, Raquel...

Callier (May 24, 1945 – October 28, 2012) was an American jazz, soul and folk guitarist and singer-songwriter. Callier was born in the North Side of Chicago...

Jaisalmer Fort Fort palace Patwon Ki haveli Lake Gadsisar Queen Harish, folk dancer Malika Jahan, Jaisalmer princess, and wife of Mughal emperor Jahangir...

picked up by Showtime, where it aired as a supporting feature to Queer as Folk. Queer Duck: the Movie was released on DVD July 18, 2006. The feature film...

Yıldız Tilbe is a Kurdish pop and folk singer and one of the best selling musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads....

La Llorona is a well known Latin American folk tale that originated in the 1800s to early 1900s.(The La Llorona tale actually dates back to the conquistadors...

Roth: World's largest long-distance triathlon (July) Burgfest - Popular folk fair with medieval pageant, flea market in the old town, beer tent, fireworks...

among others, have done this. While there are many independent labels, folk singer Ani DiFranco's Righteous Babe Records is often cited as an ideal example...

today. Vuk had largely changed Serbian language of that time, he collected folk songs from Serbian villagers and he was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...

for Taoism, the Tao Te Ching, and becoming a deity of Taoism and Chinese folk religions. A legendary figure of Chinese culture, Laozi may have lived during...

Captain Tractor is a Canadian folk rock band, based in Edmonton, Alberta. They play a punk-influenced variant of Celtic folk music, similar to such bands...

Leon Bibb (February 7, 1922 – October 23, 2015) was an American folk singer. He grew up in Kentucky, studied voice in New York, and worked on Broadway...

Records with his brother Seymour Solomon, in 1950. The label was popular for folk music and blues for the next fifteen years. As well as producing many albums...

Bogguss (born December 30, 1956 in Illinois), is an American country and folk singer and musician. She was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. During that...

Haitians also practice Voodoo. This is a religion which came from African folk beliefs in Benin. Haiti has many holidays; the largest and most important...

including world music, hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, gospel, reggae, electronica, and other alternative music. There was no festival...

Marissa Rachael Nadler (born April 5, 1981) is an American folk singer. She released her first album in 2004. Nadler was raised in Massachusetts. Nadler's...

quinta huapanguera is an instrument distinct of the Huasteca region of Mexico. It is used when playing their specific folk genre called son huasteco....

compositions. The third phase began in 1921. It has much that is similar to Polish folk themes. This work defined Polish themed music and is thought to include his...

Boeremusiek (Afrikaans for Boer music) is a kind of South African instrumental folk music. Its was made to go with social dancing at parties and festivals. Boeremusiek...

culture are: music, literature, folk dances and art, cuisine, architecture, and movies. Music of Azerbaijan builds on folk traditions that goes back nearly...

2006-08-25 Conway, Cecelia (1995). African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia: A Study of Folk Traditions, University of Tennessee Press. Paper: ISBN 0-87049-893-2; cloth:...

had very complex rhythms. The tenor often had the tune, which might be a folk tune, and two voices would put quite complicated accompaniments on top. The...

mages noirs (Jean Rouch) France 1947 Hoppál, Mihály 2007. Is shamanism a folk religion?. Shamans and Traditions, vol 13. Bibliotheca Shamanistica. Budapest:...

Johnson (August 8, 1944 – July 25, 2017) was an American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. Johnson was best known for his 1978 hit...

Mumford & Sons are an English folk rock band from London. The band was formed in 2007 by band members Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall and...

Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was an American folk rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. They are known as Crosby, Stills...

xylophone developed from xylophones found in Africa and Asia. It came as a folk instrument to countries in Central Europe. It was first used in an orchestra...

Michael Chapman (24 January 1941 – 10 September 2021) was an English folk singer-songwriter and guitar player. Chapman originally began playing guitar...

His best known songs were "Por Ti" and "Macondo". He recorded many Mexican folk songs. Chávez died on 30 April 2020 of COVID-19 in Mexico City, aged 85....

Стефанія, pronounced [steˈfɑn⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ] (listen)) is a 2022 song by Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra. The song represented Ukraine at the Eurovision...

Sikhi Tapoban Tat-Gurmat Udasi Sikh Ayyavazhi Cao Dai Chondogyo Chinese folk religion Confucianism Neo-Confucianism New Confucianism Falun Gong I-Kuan...

Marriott. Mike Marriott (born 1949 in Essex) is a British singer-songwriter, folk-musician and street-artist. Marriott travels all over Europe. He mainly lives...

and Australia. Botanically, it belongs to the mahogany family. In Meitei folk religion, it is worshipped as one of the sacred plants. Blumea balsamifera...

New Moon's Arms) and short stories such as those in her collection Skin Folk often use Caribbean history and language. Hopkinson's favorite writers include...

- Stephen Schwartz, American lyricist March 12 - James Taylor, American folk guitarist March 22 – Andrew Lloyd Webber March 26 - Fodor Cseh, Hungarian...

Felix (14 June 1938 – 22 March 2020) was an American-born, British-based folk singer and guitarist. She became successful in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

back if approached. This draws travellers from the safe paths. This is a folk belief in a lot of English folklore and in much of European folklore. They...

– tambourine, bass drum Citations Unterberger, Richie. "Great Moments in Folk Rock: Lists of Author Favorites". richieunterberger.com. Retrieved 26 January...

Philosophy. p. 51. Moirangthem Kirti (1993). Folk Culture of Manipur. Manas Publications. ISBN 978-81-7049-063-0. Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1991. The Anthropologist:...

Loyola Palacios (September 15, 1918 – August 3, 2015) was a Chilean musician, folk singer and researcher of the folklore of Chile and Latin America in general...

Come Away with Me was released in 2002. It was a mix of contemporary jazz, folk, and country music. The album won five Grammy Awards in 2003. She released...

Nordraak showed Grieg how wonderful Norwegian folk music was. Grieg had hardly heard any Norwegian folk music until then. When Nordraak died, Grieg composed...

western instruments, such as the guitar. Huun Huur Tu's music is mostly Tuvan folk music, but they also experiment with Western instruments and electronic music...

Italian word. The English word is "jig" and in England this refers to a folk dance. The gigue was one of the movements in a series of dance movements...

just Zeca (2 August 1929 – 23 February 1987) was a well known Portuguese folk and political musician. He became an icon in Portugal for his music criticizing...

Celtic rock is a genre of folk rock. It is also a type of Celtic fusion which uses Celtic music, instrumentation and themes into rock music. It has been...

(Greek: Αγάθωνας Ιακωβίδης; 2 January 1955 – 5 August 2020) was a Greek folk singer and musician. He represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest...

Singkil (Jawi: سيڠكيل) is a folk dance from the Philippines. It comes from the Maranao Muslim people who live near Lake Lanao in Mindanao. It's called...

the great composers up to the 20th century and in popular music and most folk music. Listening to a symphony by Beethoven is like going on a journey through...

Shortly before leaving Verve in 1967, Taylor oversaw the creation of a folk music subsidiary named Verve Folkways (later renamed Verve Forecast) by Verve...

Compagna (from Genoa) and O Castello (from Chiavari). One famous Genoese folk song is "Ma se ghe penso [en; it; lij]". It was written in 1925. Ligurian...

perform ancestral rites, wear hanbok(한복), eat traditional food, and play folk games. Additionally, children often receive money from their elders after...

“The Five” or “The Mighty Handful”. They were interested in using Russian folk tunes in their music. Tchaikovsky was never a member of the group, although...

California. Their music is inspired by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country, zydeco, folk, R&B, blues, brown-eyed soul, and traditional music such as cumbia, boleros...

re-introduced, and the poems often took their form from fairy tales and folk songs. Poets were enjoying writing for themselves rather than senior nobility...

American Made (2017). "Doug Liman". The Film Daily. 127. Wid's Films and Film Folk Inc.: 37 1965. "The Liman Identity" – New York Magazine biography Doug Liman...

or simply Tejaji, was a great warrior, social reformer, cow protector and folk-deity in Rajasthan. He is one of the incarnation of Lord Shiva. He is mainly...

also a Piedmont blues musician. She did her first recording in 1956, when folk singer Paul Clayton was asked by her father to listen to his daughter. She...

The Smothers Brothers are an American folk music comedy duo, made up of real-life brothers Tom ("Tommy") and Dick Smothers. They were at their most popular...

Hills" is a song written by Woody Guthrie. In 2001 it was named the official Folk Song of the state of Oklahoma. Way down yonder in the Indian nation I rode...

Pullicino, Joseph (October–December 1949). "The Order of St. John in Maltese folk-memory" (PDF). Scientia. 15 (4): 163. Archived from the original (PDF) on...

Minister of Andhra Pradesh. His movies included mythological, social, and folk themes. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in the 1960s...

Moirangthem Kirti (1993). Folk Culture of Manipur. Manas Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-7049-063-0. Regunathan, Sudhamahi (2005). Folk Tales of the North-East...

City with Soul". It has had numerous musicians prominent in blues, gospel, folk, and jazz. The city is located in the Deep South halfway between Memphis...

Irai Ningthou. Wikisource has original writing related to this article: Folk-Lore/Volume 24/The Religion of Manipur Irai Ningthou_archive.org Irai Ningthou...

should not be oppressed by other ethnic groups thought also that 'normal folk', the backbone of society, like workers and peasants, should not be oppressed...

"If I Were a Carpenter" is a 1966 folk song written by Tim Hardin and has been re-recorded by Bobby Darin and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1967...

Baskir folklore is the spoken folk art of the Bashkir people. These are songs, fairy tales, legends, epic poetry, and proverbs. The creators and carriers...

called counterpoint). Tunes can be played or sung without accompaniment. Folk songs are traditionally sung unaccompanied. If one instrument accompanies...

Retrieved 2012-4-15. Brandt, Kim. Kingdom of Beauty: Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan, pp. 218-219;Shapira, Philip et al. (1994). Planning...

Inc. Retrieved July 12, 2016. "Sara Watkins Album & Song Chart History – Folk Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved May 17, 2012....

Philosophy. p. 51. Moirangthem Kirti (1993). Folk Culture of Manipur. Manas Publications. ISBN 978-81-7049-063-0. Folk-lore. Indian Publications. 1991. The Anthropologist:...

the 西北风 Xi Bei Feng (literally Northwest Wind). Xi Bei Feng is style of folk-influenced punk music, originating from the northwestern area of China, such...

Document 5148 Son House (Library Of Congress) Folk Lyric 9002 John The Revelator Liberty 83391 American Folk Blues Festival '67 (1 Cut) Optimism Cd 2070...

Hollandale, Mississippi, to work on plantations 1960 - Rediscovered as a folk-blues artist, he also recorded for the Arhoolie Label 1970 - Performed with...

2017. Britain), Folklore Society (Great (15 February 1883). "The Folk-lore Journal". Folk-lore Society – via Google Books. This short article about food...

Trøndelag that play Norwegian folk music [en] bred with metal and electronica. Their style has been referred to as progressive folk-rock. They represented Norway [en]...

from the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States. Staples was buried in Oak Woods...

César Isella (20 October 1938 – 28 January 2021) was an Argentinian folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He played for Los Fronterizos from 1956 to 1966...

the 50th Anniversary of Coronation Street in 2010 The Corries, a Scottish folk group Corrie (surname), a surname (including a list of persons with the name)...

whole-tone scales, as well as the gypsy scales, which are often used for folk music. Diatonic Scale Archived 2015-12-09 at the Wayback Machine on Eric...

beginner of Original Pilipino Music (OPM). Manila Sound was made famous by a folk rock band called Hotdog. Their songs: "Ikaw Ang Miss Universe Ng Buhay Ko"...

war-preparation exercise and is known to be the only dance with swordplay. "Khatak | Pashtun folk dance". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-06-05....

He made Finland's national epic, Kalevala. This is a book of traditional folk stories and poems. He collected these during several journeys across Finland...

instead of satanism and the occult. Bands in this subgenre often use some folk instruments as well. Bathory is usually given credit for creating the subgenre...

repeatedly voted Britain's best comedian by television viewers. He is also a folk musician and television presenter. Connolly was nominated for a BAFTA award...

2014. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Earth Shoes: Folk Pop". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin...

A Bélé is a folk dance and music from Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, and Trinidad and Tobago. This short article about the performing...

The Sutherland Brothers (Gavin and Iain Sutherland) were a Scottish folk and soft rock duo. From 1973 to 1978, they performed with rock band Quiver, and...

He wrote more than 1,000 songs which he divided into different periods: Folk, Heart, Spiritual, Profane, and Children's Songs. He, along with Van Cao...

related to Petrykivka decorative painting. "UNESCO Culture Sector - Petrykivka decorative painting as a phenomenon of the Ukrainian ornamental folk art"....

English: 'As on the meadow, on the meadow') — a Russian and Ukrainian Cossack folk song. Its versions were published in both languages. Some of them are well-known...

David Jalbert (born May 5, 1980) is a Canadian folk musician and singer-songwriter. He is from Mascouche, Québec. He plays guitar and sings. David Jalbert...

honored of all his Friends" (14:1). The narrative of Bel (14:1–22) is a folk tale ridiculing worship. In it, the king asks Daniel "Do you not think that...

poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song (Roud # 6294). It is well known in many countries, especially in the...

The sarinda is an Indian folk musical instrument. It is like lutes and fiddles. It is played with a bow. It has between ten and thirty strings. The bottom...

Britain like Big Bill Broonzy. He played a folk blues set and blues was seen in Britain mainly as form of folk music. This opinion had chanced when Muddy...

Pau Riba i Romeva (7 August 1948 – 6 March 2022) was a Spanish folk rock guitarist. Riba was born in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He started working during...

- 183 p.. - Bashkort Folk songs, songs-legends /Author-compiler F. A. Nadrshina. - Ufa: Kitap, 1997. – 288 с. - Bashkort Folk Legends / Author-compiler...

all the contemporary former Yugoslav countries, including pop, rock and folk. However, it is not formally related to the actual Jugoton, and not all the...

sporting issues. Pfeffer has also developed a folk singing career . He released two collections of Austrian folk songs. He currently works as one of Sky Austria's...

Sun Kil Moon is an American folk rock act from San Francisco, California, founded in 2002. Studio albums Ghosts of the Great Highway (2003) Tiny Cities...

Carpenter ( b. February 21, 1958 ) is an Grammy Awards winning American folk and country singer - songwriter. Her first album was released in 1987. She...

soldiers. Songs such as San Francisco, Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair by folk musicians The Mamas & the Papas were associated with flower power. Hall,...

was flying crashed in California. John Denver began his music career with folk music groups during the late 1960s. By 1974, he was one of America's best-selling...

born in Vărbilău, Prahova County, Romania. Luncă was a lăutari musician and folk singer. She died of COVID-19 in Bucharest. She was 82 years old. "Gabi Luncă...

and the role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk, Donald Davenport in Lab Rats and as the voice of Tak in the Tak and the...

Stranger" or "I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger"), Roud 3339, is a famous American folk and gospel song probably coming from the early 1800s about a soul on the...

Lairemmasinggee Waree Seengbul (in Manipuri). p. 36. Moirangthem Kirti (1993). Folk Culture of Manipur. Manas Publications. p. 193. ISBN 978-81-7049-063-0. Hareshwar...

Wen's trail, the group stumbles into the underground kingdom of the Fair Folk, who have Hen Wen under their protection. They learn the cauldron is held...

roots rock, bluegrass, rockabilly, Americana, honky-tonk, alternative rock, folk rock, or punk. In the 1990s the term alternative country (which is like the...

purple pitaya juice, Indonesia Red, yellow and white fruits Dress for a folk dance called Flor de Pitahaya "Pitahaya Flower" from Baja California Sur...

1986. Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Earth Shoes: Folk Pop". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin...

Hungarian mythology includes the myths, legends, folk tales, fairy tales and gods of the Hungarians (Hungarians), also known as the Magyarok. Attila Turk...

done from Åmot. Terje Håkonsen, snowboarder Aslak Brekke, kveder (a type of folk musician) Myllarguten, or Targjei Augundsson (1801-1872), Master fiddler...

Sultangareeva (Bashkir: Розалиә Әсфәндиәр ҡыҙы Солтангәрәева) performer of folk songs, Bashkir folklorist, Doctor of Philology, Honored Worker of Culture...

minerals, rocks & fossils. 2nd ed, Philip's & Natural History Museum. p200. Folk, R.L., 1965, Petrology of sedimentary rocks PDF version Archived 2006-02-14...

Bon Iver is an American indie folk band. The band was started in Eau Claire in 2007 by Justin Vernon. The band has seven members. Their most well known...

Paul Delarue (1889—1956) was a famous French collector of folk stories. His The Story of Grandmother is a version of Little Red Riding Hood, which was...

Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror movie. It was written and directed by Ari Aster. The movie stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm...

2012-4-15. Brandt, Kim (2007). Kingdom of Beauty: Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan. Duke University Press. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-8223-8954-5...

"The Ghost of Tom Joad" is a folk rock song written by Bruce Springsteen. It is a song on his eleventh studio album, which has the same name. The song...

"Dark Lady" is a 1974 folk song by Cher and is the title track from her 11th studio album Dark Lady. It went to number 1 in the United States, number 2...

The Peacock dance or peafowl dance is a traditional Asian folk dance. There are several peacock dance traditions developed in Asia. For example, there...

sixth day. Processions and Folk Art Forms: Vibrant processions featuring Poothan, Thira, Kattalan, Pulikali, and other folk art forms from nearby villages...

Census, Bashkortostan is the most populous republic in Russia. State Academic Folk Dance Ensemble Faizi Gaskarov /bɑːʃˈkɔːrtoʊstæn/; Russian: Республика Башкортостан...

K'ang1-ting4 Ch'ing2-ko1) simply means "Kangding Love Song". The song is a folk song of a town named Kangding in Sichuan Province. The song is one of the...

"No Regrets" is a 1968 song by folk singer/songwriter Tom Rush and is the final track from his 1968 album The Circle Game. It went to number 57 in the...

Pardubice Steeplechase Svojanov Castle Veselý Kopec, the largest collection of folk architecture in Bohemia "Population of territorial units of the Czech republic"...

Drottningu in Eragon. She is daughter of Isaac Guillory, an Anglo-Cuban folk guitarist, and his first wife, Tina. Guillory has acted in many British movies...

Dionne Quintuplets July 1 – Jamie Farr September 21 - Leonard Cohen, Canadian folk musician (d. 2016) October 19 - William Frates, American war veteran and...

IV and supported the legitimacy of the Maccabees' cause. However, in this folk rendering of history, Mebikyas enters the king's military camp and decapitates...

"The A Team" is a 2011 folk song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was his first single. It is the lead single from his first album, +. It went...

Guy Carawan (July 27, 1927 – May 2, 2015) was an American folk musician and musicologist. He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander...

independent, LGBT-themed movie, directed by Brian O'Donnell Akron / Family, a folk-influenced experimental rock band Akron, Ontario Akron, Alabama Akron, Colorado...

traditional festivals, handicrafts and more ethnic flavor. Yango - Popular rural folk dance Qinqiang - Shaanxi local opera Shaanxi Shadow Play Fengxiang Clay Figurines...

a big milestone for Anwar Rafi who was struggling in many years. Famous folk singer Shoukat Ali sung his only duet song with Madam Noor Jehan This short...

is a Japanese punk band. They are all men. The vocalist also sang in the folk-rock band 19. Their most popular song is "Ichigo Ichi". They're now called...

brings together more than 130 bands on eight stages, including rock, country, folk, indie, Americana, hip-hop, reggae, and bluegrass, and attracts a crowd of...

had previously worked an agent at the William Morris Agency and operated a folk/rock label. They founded their own management company, and when Geffen was...

"Black Diamond" I was there and the dust was there "The Great Dust Storm" Folk singers and dancers "Talking Dust Bowl Blues" "Tom Joad" Columbia River "Pastures...

They called themselves the "Highlander Folk School." In 1961, the state of Tennessee took the Highlander Folk School's land and property away. In that...

ISBN 978-1-933330-18-1. Brandt, Kim (2007). Kingdom of Beauty: Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan. Duke University Press. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-8223-8954-5...

The Proclaimers are a Scottish folk rock band. The members are twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid (born 5 March 1962). They are best known for the songs...

Maria Prymachenko (d. 1997) was a Ukrainian folk art painter, who worked in the naïve art style. She was a self-taught artist. She worked in painting,...

Thomas "M. T." Liggett (December 28, 1930 – August 17, 2017) was an American folk sculptor. He was born near Mullinville, Kansas. He exhibited hundreds of...

pronunciation: [doˈmeːniko moˈduɲɲo]; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian folk pop singer-songwriter, actor, guitarist, and politician. He was a member...

2011) was a Scottish singer-songwriter regarded as one of Britain's great folk guitarists. He was born in Glasgow, but his parents were German. After his...

Jorma Ludwik Kaukonen, Jr. (born December 23, 1940) is an American blues, folk and rock guitarist. He is best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane...

fairs also provide entertainment, with singers and dancers. They present folk songs. Among other attractions of these fairs are puppet shows and merry-go-rounds...