folky

American  

[foh-kee] / ˈfoʊ ki /

noun

plural

folkies, folkier, folkiest

1. folkie.

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Etymology

Origin of folky

First recorded in 1935–40; folk + -y ²

Example Sentences

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

A folky, hymnlike introductory piano tune suggests Robert’s origins; it soon morphs into an eerie, skittering riff from the string ensemble as he mourns at his mother’s grave and then into the bluesy syncopations of the bar.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her suffering in a city she once called home was worth it: “Fatal Optimist,” the LP Diaz eventually completed in time to release this month, is one of 2025’s most gripping — a bravely stripped-down set of songs about heartbreak and renewal arranged for little more than Diaz’s confiding voice and her folky acoustic guitar.

From Los Angeles Times

The advantage of the smallness, of course, was that you could really hear what McCartney and his longtime backup band were doing up there: the folky campfire vocal harmonies in “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” the propulsive groove driving “Get Back,” the barely organized chaos of a downright raunchy “Helter Skelter.”

From Los Angeles Times

Young offered a single tune from “Talkin to the Trees” in “Silver Eagle,” a folky riff on “This Land Is Your Land” that he said he wrote after his bus driver suggested he write a song about his bus.

From Los Angeles Times