- folk rock
- —folk-rocker, n.a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.Also, folk-rock.[1965-70; FOLK + ROCK2]
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folk rock nounA form of popular music which adapts folk melodies to the rhythm of rock music• • •Main Entry: ↑folk* * *
folk rock,a type of rock'n'roll music with elements of folk-song melody and lyrics.* * *
n. popular music resembling or derived from folk music but incorporating the stronger beat of rock music and using electric instruments* * *
a style of music that combines elements of ↑folk music and rockCulture:In folk rock groups with electric instruments perform traditional folk songs with a strong beat, sometimes also using traditional instruments such as flutes and violins. Folk rock was popular in Britain and America in the 1960s and 1970s. Many folk-rock songs by singers such as Bob Dylan contained social and political comments about life in that period, such as protests against the ↑Vietnam War. Popular folk-rock groups in Britain have included Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and Pentangle.See also ↑folk music.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.