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folk rock

noun

a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.
folk-rock

folk-rock

noun

a style of rock music influenced by folk, including traditional material arranged for electric instruments

Synonyms

folk rock

American

Or folk-rock

noun

a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.

folk-rock British

noun

a style of rock music influenced by folk, including traditional material arranged for electric instruments

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Other Word Forms

folk-rocker

noun

Etymology

Origin of folk rock

First recorded in 1965–70; folk + rock ²

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