folk singer
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of folk singer
First recorded in 1895–1900
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Sylvia Tyson, a folk singer, agreed: “He literally remembers everything he’s ever heard or seen.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan says he has received "very personal" and "nasty" comments after urging organisers of a right-wing protest to stop using his song Yma o Hyd.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
Kristy Lee, a folk singer, also recently said she was cancelling her January show.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
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.
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
Jewel was a formerly homeless folk singer who gained popularity in the nineties.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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