folk music
noun
: the traditional music of the people in a country or region
Irish folk music
also
: a type of popular music that is based on traditional music and that does not use electric instruments
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Before the rise of Aventura, bachata — Dominican folk music of the working class, which traces its roots to the 1960s — was largely a cloistered concern.
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New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Go for the landscapes, but stay for long lunches among the vines and late nights of live folk music in a corner of Argentina that still feels decidedly local.
—Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Jim Turner, for his volunteerism at the Elgin History Museum since 2012 with tours, greeting visitors, answering questions, playing folk music for museum events among countless other museum tasks.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
When, in the early nineteen-hundreds, Gibson developed the F-style flat-back, inspired by the Stradivarius violin, the idea was to produce a louder instrument that could be used for classical as well as folk music, while being assembly-line-friendly.
—Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
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New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Go for the landscapes, but stay for long lunches among the vines and late nights of live folk music in a corner of Argentina that still feels decidedly local.
—Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Jim Turner, for his volunteerism at the Elgin History Museum since 2012 with tours, greeting visitors, answering questions, playing folk music for museum events among countless other museum tasks.
—Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
When, in the early nineteen-hundreds, Gibson developed the F-style flat-back, inspired by the Stradivarius violin, the idea was to produce a louder instrument that could be used for classical as well as folk music, while being assembly-line-friendly.
—Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026
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“Folk music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20music. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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