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 Words From

• folk-rocker noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of folk rock¹

First recorded in 1965–70; folk + rock ²

Example Sentences

The British quartet is, after all, co-opting one of the last bastions of American music: folk rock.

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A big part of her life currently is performing with her band, Sadie and the Hotheads, an acoustic folk rock band.

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Jewel has gone country, perhaps sensing her hardscrabble youth was wasted on folk rock.

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