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The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s. Its roots went earlier, and performers like Josh White , Burl Ives , Woody Guthrie , Lead Belly , Big Bill Broonzy , Richard Dyer-Bennet , Oscar Brand , Jean Ritchie , John Jacob Niles , Susan Reed , Paul Robeson , Bessie Smith , Ma Rainey and ...
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This process and period is called the (second) folk revival...
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A more commercially oriented version of folk music emerged...
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60s Folk Music Hits Playlist - Greatest 1960's Folk Songs If you liked this playlist, we recommend you also listen to these music lists: 1. 60s & 70s Folk Mu...
folk rock, hybrid musical style that emerged in the United States and Britain in the mid-1960s.
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Folk music, type of traditional and generally rural music that originally was passed down through families and other small social groups. Typically, folk music, like folk literature, lives in oral tradition; it is learned through hearing rather than reading. It is functional in the sense that it is.
Aug 29, 2017 · The 1960s Folk Music Revival - The Absolute Sound. BLOG. by Mark Lehman. Aug 29, 2017. The current popularity of “Americana” is only the most recent phase in the long history of American folk music. Indeed the folk music in and of our country has been “discovered,” or “revived,” several times over the past century.