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Folk rock is a genre of rock music with heavy influences from English folk and American folk music. Combining the elements of folk and rock music, it arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival.
- List of Folk Rock Artists
List of folk rock artists. This is a list of musicians who...
- Folk music
Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk...
- British folk rock
Timeline. Impact on English rock music. Electric and...
- American folk music
American folk music. The term American folk music...
- List of Folk Rock Artists
folk rock, hybrid musical style that emerged in the United States and Britain in the mid-1960s. As the American folk music revival gathered momentum in the 1950s and ’60s, it was inevitable that a high-minded movement that prided itself on the purity of its acoustic instrumentation and its separation from the commercial pop mainstream would ...
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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. [1] . Folk singer Bob Dylan created a sensation at the 1965 Newport Festival when he used electric guitar in his performance. [2] . This led to many groups wanting to play folk music in the rock style.
