variants
or less commonly folky
plural folkies
: a folk singer or instrumentalist
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Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026
The guest list — indie-pop troubadour Caroline Polachek, earnest folkie Mustafa, and pop star Lorde — displays Hynes’s gift for putting the right people together.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
Curbed,
22 Nov. 2022
The Yeahs’ Karen O and Nick Zinner had a folkie duo called Unitard.
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Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2022
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Noun
With a mood board of influences including CD-binder staples like Neil Young’s Harvest Moon and alt-country lifers Blue Rodeo’s Five Days in July, Shabason and Krgovich summon the spirit of a backyard campfire attended by folkies and experimental jazz nerds alike.
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Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
18 June 2026
The guest list — indie-pop troubadour Caroline Polachek, earnest folkie Mustafa, and pop star Lorde — displays Hynes’s gift for putting the right people together.
—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
In the mid-’90s, the buzz headed south to Ludlow Street, and the East Village was left with a scattering of small folkie venues like Sidewalk Cafe and a couple of fading clubs like the latter-day Pyramid.
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Laurie Gwen Shapiro,
Curbed,
22 Nov. 2022
The Yeahs’ Karen O and Nick Zinner had a folkie duo called Unitard.
—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2022
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“Folkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folkie. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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