- a variation of folkie.
folky
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folkies
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Origin of folky
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So does White Leather, a delicate, folky ballad that was the b-side of their debut single, Fluffy, back in 2012.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Then follows the folky “Runny Eggs,” about searching for salvation when everything seems to be happening at once, which picks up the story from there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
As he should: The band’s self-titled debut, which came out last month, is a tuneful blast of fuzz-bomb pop — glammy, folky, a little psychedelic — with great riffs and a loping, late-Beatles-era groove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
Where “Father of the Bride” had a folky openness, “Only God Was Above Us” is crammed with ideas that gleefully collide.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
“I’m Noah Kahan and we are Mumford and Sons,” he introduced his folky band — with the second banjo of the night.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
I know how to make a record that folkies like.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023
He cited Dylan, Pete Seeger and fellow Canadian folkies Ian & Sylvia as major influences, but also said he was a devotee of country singer Ernest Tubb.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2023
His first creative impulse is towards prettiness, he explains, with a hat-tip to British folkies such as Michael Chapman.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019
The songs of the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen and the like were too old and uncool for the folkies and rockers and not yet old enough to be cool to a new generation.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2019
There was an immediate bitter reaction from the folkies and the Old Left to Dylan’s electrification; rumors of Pete Seeger, I think, taking an axe to the guitar cable or something.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2016
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