Folk

Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term “folk music” was synonymous with the term “Traditional music”, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term “Traditional music” was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the other definitions that “Folk music” is now considered to encompass. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Clannad

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Dec 26 Saturday 26 December 2009
David Grisman Quintet at Freight and Salvage Coffee House David Grisman Quintet	Freight and Salvage… Berkeley, CA, San Francisco, United States 37.868526 -122.291253	1 person attended Add shout
Eric Bachmann Liz Durrett, The Meeks Family	The Earl Atlanta GA, United States 33.740772 -84.346055	1 person attended Add shout
Justin Trawick	IOTA Club & Cafe Arlington, Washington DC, United States 38.888779 -77.092518	Add shout
Emily Wells at Lincoln Hall Emily Wells	Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL, Chicago, United States 41.85 -87.65	2 people attended Add shout
Dec 27 Sunday 27 December 2009 Today
Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers Dennis Crommett	Iron Horse Music… Northampton MA, United States 42.319114 -72.631752	3 people attending Add shout
Jeff Tweedy	The Orpheum Theater Phoenix, Arizona, United States	12 people attending 3 shouts

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Iapetuss wrote:
last week

I would read your posts but your avatar terrifies me too much

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flopbury wrote:
last week

ohh almost forgot, in folk is common to see artists from countries with an official language other than English singing in this language, in fact almost all THIS folk music is in english.

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flopbury wrote:
last week

Folk is like rock but with more ukelele and less electric guitar, with semi rare instruments like harp, percussions, flutes (with "semi-rare" I mean not so common in popular music that we all know), usually with less than three members per band, with (sometimes) at least a girl in the band, folk music has less songs about love or with love as the main feature (understanding the word love as romantic love), it also talks about the defects of the artist without these defects being the main feature of the song, most of the times it talks aboutof how the artist feels with respect to a given situation, almost always in real-time mode of narration, remember, ROCK and ROCK 'N' ROLL are not the same, Folk and Folklore music are not same thing neither. i konw that there are more features that right now i can not remember, I hope you could contribute with a broader definion of what than folk means. well, sorry for my bad english. i learned it with a dictionary.

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OL166 wrote:
14 days ago

folk is for farmers and hipsters.

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thss wrote:
17 days ago

CADÊ A KT TUNSTALL???

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brujapurpura wrote:
last month

i love Beirut!!!! zach is wonderful and great singer!!

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Noise_Memories wrote:
last month

www.last.fm/music/hathorus

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erokis wrote:
last month

i was in a borders and a guy couldnt find bob dylan anywhere and then the employee showed him the folk section and he was like hmm i guess anybody who played acoustic guitar in the 60s is considered folk now hahaha

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SyntheticDiz wrote:
last month

Celtic Folk FTW:D And not the metal stuff, I mean REAL Celtic Folk

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weirdscenes wrote:
last month

it seems folk now means guy with acoustic guitar that doesn't know many chords. [10]

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reneerichy wrote:
October 2009

It seems folk now means guy with acoustic guitar that doesnt know many chords. [9]

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the_Crowder wrote:
October 2009

Any music that tells a story is folk (as in folklore). Most of these are just wrong. The term (usually) has nothing to do with sound at least. Since wikipedia usually has the last word on everything, look there.

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Metafictions wrote:
October 2009

it seems folk now means guy with acoustic guitar that doesn't know many chords.[8]

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NWG369 wrote:
October 2009

The fucking Decemberists? Are you kidding me?

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marissamiller wrote:
October 2009

If ya'll haven't heard the new record from the Avett Brothers, it is a must!!! They are taking listeners by storm because of the quality that this record possesses. Please check it out, it will blow you away! Here's a link with teasers from the album and thoughts on behalf of fans. Also, their new video, "I and Love and You"...I'd love to hear your thoughts! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8oBFzbKJPE

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Fire-sea wrote:
October 2009

Please, check Demo recordings by my ethereal/medieval project Firesea. I'm searching for musicians.

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Silveryne wrote:
October 2009

<3 The Dubliners <3 Just seen them yesterday, they were great!!

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AtomHeart42 wrote:
October 2009

by the way where is Woody Guthrie, or Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, or Joan Baez..

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AtomHeart42 wrote:
October 2009

it seems folk now means guy with acoustic guitar that doesn't know many chords.[7]

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Mirina93 wrote:
October 2009

It seems folk now means guy with acoustic guitar that doesnt know many chords. [6]

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