variants
or less commonly folky
plural folkies
: a folk singer or instrumentalist
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David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024
With its swirl of soul, Americana and indie rock, Denver’s platinum-selling Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats has conquered international stages all on its own, following years of Rateliff’s dues-paying folkie career.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2024
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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Noun
That idea slowly blossomed into Proxy Music, an entire album of new Thompson songs (some co-written with Teddy and other collaborators) sung by others, including Wainwright, her brother Rufus, the Proclaimers, and British folkie Eliza Carthy.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024
With its swirl of soul, Americana and indie rock, Denver’s platinum-selling Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats has conquered international stages all on its own, following years of Rateliff’s dues-paying folkie career.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 25 Mar. 2024
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.
—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 27 Jul. 2024.
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