folk song
noun
: a traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody
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Set in early-1960s New York City, the film follows a folk song singing Minnesotan with a guitar and a dream, rising from a coffeehouse performer to a counterculture legend.
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Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Based on screenwriter Ben Shattuck’s short story of the same name, the film follows two men who fall in love at the Boston Music Conservatory—and reconnect after the war ends, traveling through rural Maine to record the folk songs of their fellow countrymen.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
That meant to ban the Korean language, to ban Korean folk songs from being sung.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
The reflection on language, image and sound also unfolds in the evolution of the voice-over, which turns into children’s cries, folk songs passed down from mother to child, and accounts of violence and sacrifice spoken tenderly.
—Cátia Rodrigues, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
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Hannah Kerns, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
Based on screenwriter Ben Shattuck’s short story of the same name, the film follows two men who fall in love at the Boston Music Conservatory—and reconnect after the war ends, traveling through rural Maine to record the folk songs of their fellow countrymen.
—Ben Rosenstock, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
That meant to ban the Korean language, to ban Korean folk songs from being sung.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
The reflection on language, image and sound also unfolds in the evolution of the voice-over, which turns into children’s cries, folk songs passed down from mother to child, and accounts of violence and sacrifice spoken tenderly.
—Cátia Rodrigues, Variety, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20song. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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