Synonyms for folk music
folk mu·sic

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1. folk music, ethnic music, folknoun

   the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community

   Synonyms:
   common people, ethnic music, tribe, kinsfolk, kinfolk, sept, phratry, family line, folks, folk, family

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1. Roger McGuinn:

   That's one of the things I like best about folk music is the beautiful melodies - and the harmonies - that exist in it. And of course, some of the stories, the story songs.

2. Roger McGuinn:

   I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old Town School of Folk Music. I used to go to Pete Seeger concerts, and he would do songs like 'Ruben Ranzo' and talk about how the sailors sang songs to do their work - to raise the anchors, pull up the sails and that sort of thing.

3. Roger McGuinn:

   I think what makes the Byrds stand up all these years is the basis in folk music. Folk music, being a timeless art form, is the foundation of the Byrds. We were all from a folk background. We considered ourselves folk singers even when we strapped on electric instruments and dabbled in different things.

4. Jackson Browne:

   When I really started liking music was when I could play some of it myself, and after a couple of years of playing folk music, I kinda rediscovered those hits that were on the radio all the time when I was a kid.

5. Georgia Mooney:

   We're very inspired by old American country music and new folk music, america has just got incredible folk music, especially this traditional harmony singing.