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    • Three of the Most Popular Modern Folk Artists
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    January 12, 2019

    9 of the Best Folk Songs of All Time (Part 1)

    by Ruby • folk

    Folk music is one of the oldest popular music genres of today, with its origins going way back before rock & roll changed the landscape of contemporary music in the 50s. This means folk music fans, critics and aficionados have over a hundred years of musical history to draw on when selecting the best tracks […]

    Banjo

    January 10, 2019

    Instruments used in folk music – Part 1

    by Ruby • folk

    Folk music is associated with many random and interesting instruments to perform with. The instrument for folk music is usually regarded as a simple object found in your room or garage, but it must have the particular sound type. Of course, if you want to play with a well-build instrument, you might need to craft […]

    Garba

    December 28, 2018

    Traditional Indian folk dances

    by Ruby • folk

    The dances you might have seen on Indian TV shows and the songs they perform come originally from folk’s roots. It is the best way to get yourself some knowledge about the traditional folk from India. It is also recommended to analyze and research the culture of India first through their songs and types of […]

    Fairport’s Cropredy Convention

    December 24, 2018

    Folk festivals in the United Kingdom

    by Ruby • folk

    Over the last years, folk music has been active and been restoring its popularity. After Bob Dylan’s songs where he used them to send messages about the world being a better place, the folk music’s case has been stuck in the early past and no one saw new folk artists and the revolution they started. […]

    Tracy Chapman

    November 29, 2018

    The famous folk artists

    by Ruby • folk

    Folk is one of the oldest and abiding music types in the world and its history speaks for itself. There are many categories you can split folk music to, it is immense and very appealing to the music domain. Folk music became humble and well-mannered by others due to the adaption to many changes over […]

    Folk Music

    November 16, 2018

    History of Folk Music

    by Ruby • folk

    Folk music maintains an important image for history and tradition sake, yet where it came from and how it started can only be seen in studies of its relationship to other music. A lot of folk songs have been found and discovered in classical relic books. While Christianity in medieval Europe was more developed and […]

    Revellers at Portmeirion’s Festival No 6 festival.

    November 10, 2018

    History of the Knitted Character Folk Festival

    by Ruby • folk

    The knitted character folk festival is an annual festival that combines both live folk music and knitting. The festival takes place in Warwickshire and visitors get to enjoy food and drink along with the music, and of course, the knitted characters. What is unique about this festival is that visitors are urged to bring along […]

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    September 15, 2018

    Popular songs of indie folk – Part 2

    by Ruby • folk

    Continuing our coverage on the top indie folk songs, there are many other great songs that we did not talk about in the first part of the article. Most of them in this list are inspired by the greatest Bob Dylan. Let’s take a look at the top indie folk tunes released and, at some […]

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    August 23, 2018

    Popular songs of indie folk – Part 1

    by Ruby • folk

    Indie music unexpectedly became popular and slowly presented itself to the larger audiences in the music industry.

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    • The Three Best Folk Albums of 2019
      In a year that saw Lil Nas X dominate global charts
    • 9Nine of the Greatest Folk Songs of All Time (Part 3)
      Obviously, the folk genre is so diverse and long-lived
    • 7Three of the Most Popular Modern Folk Artists
      If you’ve read our series on nine of the greatest
    • 5Nine of the Greatest Folk Songs of All Time (Part 2)
      In our continuing list of just a small selection the
    • 3Three of the Best Folk Festivals in the USA
      The vast United States holds innumerable folk

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      Three of the Most Popular Modern Folk Artists

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