folk rock

Or folk-rock

noun

1. 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.

folk-rock

noun

1. a style of rock music influenced by folk, including traditional material arranged for electric instruments

Other Word Forms

• folk-rocker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of folk-rock¹

First recorded in 1965–70; folk + rock ²