folk singer
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of folk singer
First recorded in 1895–1900
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As a world-renowned musician, she needed her sleep - working long hours touring while caring for her 84-year-old father, legendary folk singer and 2025 Mercury Prize nominee Martin Carthy.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Kristy Lee, a folk singer, also recently said she was cancelling her January show.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
“A Complete Unknown” shrank the frame, capturing Dylan’s emergence as a folk singer and subsequent rupture with the scene that made him a star.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
For local folk singer Lucy Clearwater, it was her sign that moving to L.A. was the right decision for her career.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
The French folk singer of i860, miraculously, sang again.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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