folk song
noun
: a traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody
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Several of the film’s actors lend their voices to blues and traditional folk songs that are built into the story.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The music from this period included acoustic folk songs and loud, psychedelic garage-rock.
—David Peisner, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Told with magical realism and an array of terrific traditional folk songs, Coco sends Miguel on a journey into the Land of the Dead, which allows Pixar’s genius animators to produce one of their most dreamlike and colorful visual environments.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025
And David is like an archivist and has a fascination with collecting the old folk songs of America.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The music from this period included acoustic folk songs and loud, psychedelic garage-rock.
—David Peisner, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Told with magical realism and an array of terrific traditional folk songs, Coco sends Miguel on a journey into the Land of the Dead, which allows Pixar’s genius animators to produce one of their most dreamlike and colorful visual environments.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025
And David is like an archivist and has a fascination with collecting the old folk songs of America.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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“Folk song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folk%20song. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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