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
Born in New York, Paley juggled folk singing with being a maths teacher.
From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2017
Acoustic folk singing emulsified into a satiny blend by Tillery.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2014
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
In college chapels I would listen to folk singing and see plain altars draped with bright applique banners: JOY!
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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