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• folk rock
  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
  folk-rock

  noun

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

folk rock

American  

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.

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folk-rock British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• folk-rocker noun

Etymology

Origin of folk rock

First recorded in 1965–70; folk + rock ²

Example Sentences

Woman of the moment Sabrina Carpenter kicked off the show by performing a duet alongside Paul Simon of folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025

There’s a lot of folk rock, even a lot of punk.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2024

It was on a song called “Insomniac,” by a folk rock duo called Billy Pilgrim.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2024

With his brother Michael Bacon, he fronts a band, the Bacon Brothers, whose style is a blend of alt country and soulful folk rock.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022

Early on, her label, Columbia Records, marketed Carpenter as a country artist, even though her music also had elements of folk, rock and pop.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022