folk song
noun
: a traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody
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Arirang is named after a Korean folk song, which became even more popular as a song of resistance during Japanese occupation.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2026
Pulled straight out of Ireland and dropped onto 14th Street, Grace’s boasts dim candlelight, brotherly bartenders, and a leveled grit that leaves you teetering between kicking off a folk song or dragging from a cigarette from a stranger outside.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
The concert will include early Nordic folk songs and works by such contemporary composers as UCSD alum Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Pulitzer-Prize winner Caroline Shaw.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
And the fact that Ryan Coogler flipped it so effortlessly, so that the creepy, scary dance was a white, Irish folk song.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2026
Pulled straight out of Ireland and dropped onto 14th Street, Grace’s boasts dim candlelight, brotherly bartenders, and a leveled grit that leaves you teetering between kicking off a folk song or dragging from a cigarette from a stranger outside.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
The concert will include early Nordic folk songs and works by such contemporary composers as UCSD alum Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Pulitzer-Prize winner Caroline Shaw.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
And the fact that Ryan Coogler flipped it so effortlessly, so that the creepy, scary dance was a white, Irish folk song.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20song. Accessed 28 Mar. 2026.
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