folk singer

noun

1. a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing their own accompaniment on a guitar.

folk singer

noun

1. a person who sings folk songs or other songs in the folk idiom

Other Word Forms

• folk singing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of folk singer¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Seminal American folk singer Woody Guthrie, who was a pivotal supporting character in last year’s “A Complete Unknown,” had a biopic all to himself in this lyrical drama directed by the great Hal Ashby.

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Founded in 1992 to rival the Brit Awards, which take place in March, Thursday's Mercury contenders also featured the oldest ever artist to be nominated, 84-year-old folk singer and guitarist Martin Carthy.

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As state Senate leader four decades later, Burton joined folk singer Joan Baez at a protest of President George W. Bush’s impending invasion of Iraq.

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In the U.S., the band goes by the London Suede, thanks to a decades-old legal dispute with an American folk singer.

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He admits to the influence of music icons, including those like folk singer Gurdas Mann, who he grew up watching.

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