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- 1. popular music resembling or derived from folk music but incorporating the stronger beat of rock music and using electric instruments: "a folk rock band"
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Fusion genre of folk and rock music
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. Wikipedia