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View synonyms for folk rock
folk rock
or folk-rock
noun
- 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
- a style of rock music influenced by folk, including traditional material arranged for electric instruments
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- folk-rocker noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of folk rock1
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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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