- a variation of folkie.
folky
Americannoun
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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
Cameron Picton, of the British band Black Midi, releases the self-titled debut album of his new project, channeling a riot of influences into a folky, singularly enriching LP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
“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
Norah Jones, who recorded an album of Everly Brothers tunes with Armstrong in 2013, isn’t surprised that this once-scrappy punk band has scored some of its biggest hits in a folky acoustic mode.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2024
The music is folky but fringed with electronics; her vocals are high and eerie, nearly disembodied.
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
I know how to make a record that folkies like.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 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
The reason it was so shocking at the time was that the folkies were really committed to the idea of homespun instruments, the voice of the people — it was almost a moral commitment.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2016
Using a laptop and headphones to build beats, rappers and producers ripped the system like folkies and funk bands did during the civil rights movement decades earlier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2014
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