folk music
noun
: the traditional music of the people in a country or region
Irish folk music
also
: a type of popular music that is based on traditional music and that does not use electric instruments
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The band in Munich played the Dirty Dancing soundtrack that night, but in Chicago, expect traditional German folk music performed by Oompah bands flown in for the city's largest Oktoberfest celebration.
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Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2025
Somehow, the man responsible for all of this is a mild-mannered British Unitarian who loves model trains and folk music, and recently celebrated his seventieth birthday with a picnic on a Welsh mountain.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Tapping into that period of folk music that was popular in Japan was a refreshing experience for me.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Lyrical storytelling and live folk music weave an emotional tale of rediscovering love and the everlasting bond between a son and his Haitian immigrant father.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025
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Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 3 Oct. 2025
Somehow, the man responsible for all of this is a mild-mannered British Unitarian who loves model trains and folk music, and recently celebrated his seventieth birthday with a picnic on a Welsh mountain.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Tapping into that period of folk music that was popular in Japan was a refreshing experience for me.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
Lyrical storytelling and live folk music weave an emotional tale of rediscovering love and the everlasting bond between a son and his Haitian immigrant father.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2025
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“Folk music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20music. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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