folk singing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of folk singing
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Vittorio Giampietro’s score — a spare meld of folk singing, percussion and lonely instruments — is its own artful coloring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
But even if Llewyn can find it in himself to give up his dream of folk singing, is there anything else this glum, socially inept, uncompromising-to-a-fault artist is suited to do?
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2013
Euripides was a notoriously avant-garde composer, and this indicates one of the ways in which his music was heard to be wildly modern: it violated the long-held norms of Greek folk singing by neglecting word-pitch.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2013
He is also planning a production of Peter Pan with CocoRosie, the half-Cherokee folk singing sisters.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 22, 2012
It was driven by outlandish folk, singing strange songs: dwarves with long beards and deep hoods.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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