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folk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Folk or Folks may refer to: Nation People Folklore Folk art Folk dance Folk hero Folk horror Folk music Folk...

Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk...

Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from English and American folk music.[better source needed] It arose in the United States...

taking actions for folk beliefs, including folk religion, and the forms and rituals of celebrations such as festivals, weddings, folk dances, and initiation...

Folk horror is a subgenre of horror film and horror fiction that uses elements of folklore to invoke fear and foreboding. Typical elements include a rural...

Folk Catholicism can be broadly described as various ethnic expressions and practices of Catholicism intermingled with aspects of folk religion. Practices...

W. Anders Folk is an American attorney who served as Acting United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota in 2021. A native of Minnesota, he has...

is the folk religion and syncretic elements present in the Eastern Orthodox communities. It is a subgroup of folk Christianity, similar to Folk Catholicism...

In China, folk Protestantism had its origins with the Taiping Rebellion. Chinese folk religion, folk Hinduism, folk Christianity, and folk Islam are examples...

and Latino gangs from Chicago to join. All gangs that are members of the Folk Nation represent their allegiance by utilization of the Star of David, the...

A folk healer is an unlicensed person who practices the art of healing using traditional practices, herbal remedies and the power of suggestion. The term...

Folk Victorian is an architectural style employed for some homes in the United States and Europe between 1870 and 1910, though isolated examples continued...

In folkloristics, folk belief or folk-belief is a broad genre of folklore that is often expressed in narratives, customs, rituals, foodways, proverbs...

Cunning folk, also known as folk healers or wise folk, were practitioners of folk medicine, helpful folk magic and divination in Europe from the Middle...

folklore, usually part of their oral tradition. When sung, folk poetry becomes a folk song. Folk poetry in general has several characteristics. It may be...

mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films. The folk hero is set apart from...

Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread...

Nicholas Alexander Folk (born November 5, 1984) is an American professional football placekicker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League...

Anti-folk (sometimes spelled antifolk) is a genre of folk music that emerged in the 1980s in New York City. It was founded by the musician, author, and...

Folk art covers all forms of visual art made in the context of folk culture. Definitions vary, but generally the objects have practical utility of some...

Folk linguistics consists of statements, beliefs, or practices concerning language which are based on uninformed speculation rather than based on the scientific...

Folk saints are dead people or other spiritually powerful entities (such as indigenous spirits) venerated as saints, but not officially canonized. Since...

Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, romanized: Bednyye lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People, is the first novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, written over...

Folk science, also known as "folk knowledge" or "folk classification" describes ways of understanding and predicting the natural and social world, without...

A folk wrestling style is any traditional style of wrestling. Most cultures have developed regional forms of grappling. Traditionally wrestling has two...

Folk etymology is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one through popular usage. The form...

Indie folk (also called alternative folk) is an alternative genre of music that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by...

Freak folk is a subgenre of psychedelic folk associated with the 2000s New Weird America movement and used to describe the work of artists such as Joanna...

A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual...

from folk music), had instinctively or consciously striven to develop widely and universally the musical world of the folk song. Folk poetry and folk music...

Folk costume, also known as folk attire, traditional attire, traditional dress, or regalia is the clothing of an ethnic group, nation or region, and expresses...

the Woodland Folk (1983, Dean, ISBN 978-0603003431) The Woodland Folk Meet the Gnomes (1983, Dean, ISBN 978-0603003479) The Woodland Folk Meet the Giants...

Psychedelic folk (also known as acid folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic...

Folk psychology, commonsense psychology, or naïve psychology, is the ordinary, intuitive, or non-expert understanding, explanation, and rationalisation...

Progressive folk is a style of contemporary folk that adds new layers of musical and lyrical complexity, often incorporating various ethnic influences...

The Folk classification, in geology, is a technical descriptive classification of sedimentary rocks devised by Robert L. Folk, an influential sedimentary...

Turbo-folk (Serbian Cyrillic: турбо-фолк) is a subgenre of contemporary South Slavic pop music that initially developed in Serbia during the 1990s as a...

Folk-pop is a broad musical fusion genre that includes contemporary folk songs with pop arrangements, and pop songs with intimate, acoustic-based folk...

American folk revival Americana British folk revival Cajun music Celtic music Chalga Corrido Creole music Filk Folk noir Folk pop Folk rock British folk rock...

A folk club is a regular event, permanent venue, or section of a venue devoted to folk music and traditional music. Folk clubs were primarily an urban...

Folk punk (originally known as rogue folk) is a fusion of folk music and punk rock, particularly characterized by a folk-inspired sound blended with punk-inspired...

Folk House may refer to: Blidworth Welfare F.C., formerly named Folk House Old Boys F.C. (1926–1982) Folk house, a style of house music China Folk House...

Kate Folk is an American author of short stories, novels and essays. Her book of short stories, Out There, was published in 2022, was a finalist for the...

Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street, where...

Robert Elms Folk (born March 5, 1949) is an American film and television composer and conductor who has written over 90 film and television scores, as...

Chris Evans Folk (1930–2010) served in the office of School Community Relations for the Charlotte Mecklenburg County Schools during desegregation, in North...

Traditional medicine (also known as Indigenous medicine or folk medicine) refers to the knowledge, skills, and practices rooted in the cultural beliefs...

Neofolk (originally known as apocalyptic folk) is a music genre that originally emerged during the 1980s through the British post-punk and industrial music...

Folk memory, also known as folklore or myths, refers to past events that have been passed orally from generation to generation. The events described by...

Woodcraft Folk is a UK-based educational movement for children and young people. Founded in 1925 and grown by volunteers, it has been a registered charity...

Contemporary folk music refers to a wide variety of genres that emerged in the mid-20th century and afterwards which were associated with traditional folk music...

The Folk Implosion is an American band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore...

A folk instrument is a traditional musical instrument that has remained largely restricted to traditional folk music, and is not usually used in the classical...

Chinese folk religion or folk beliefs, comprises a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora. This includes...

The Folk of Gloucester is a community centre which is housed in three of the oldest buildings in the city of Gloucester, two Tudor merchant's house and...

Folk communication (from the Portuguese folkcomunicação), also rendered as folk communication, is a communication theory concept referring to the expression...

A folk museum is a museum that deals with folk culture and heritage. Such museums cover local life in rural communities. A folk museum typically displays...

Rock & Folk is a French music magazine founded in 1966, and published in the Paris suburb of Clichy. Editor in chief were Philippe Koechlin, Philippe Paringaux...

selchies. Selkies are sometimes referred to as selkie folk (Scots: selkie fowk), meaning "seal folk". Selkies are mainly associated with the Northern Isles...

Folk devils are groups portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant, and who are blamed for crimes or other sorts of social problems. The...

 › Viru Folk is an Estonian music festival held in August in Käsmu since 2008. It is organised by the nonprofit organization (MTÜ) Viru Folk, and Peep...

Folk plays such as Hoodening, Guising, Mummers Play and Soul Caking are generally verse sketches performed in countryside pubs in European countries, private...

Look up folkism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Folkism may refer to: Folkism (Nigerian theatre), a movement in Nigerian literature Ideology of Folkspartei...

In the study of folklore, the folk process is the way folk material, especially stories, music, and other art, is transformed and re-adapted in the process...

so queer as folk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Queer as Folk may refer to: Queer as Folk (British TV series), 1999–2000 Queer as Folk (2000 TV series)...

The Hahoe Folk Village (Korean: 안동 하회마을) is a traditional village from the Joseon Dynasty, located in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. The...

The Grizzly Folk is an ongoing musical project involving journalists Jon Wilks and Richard Lines, multi-instrumentalist Jon Nice, and a group of other...

Folk + or Folk Plus is a music channel that broadcasts Albanian folklore music of the Albanian-speaking regions. It broadcasts daily for 24 hours exclusively...

Folk and traditional arts are rooted in and reflective of the cultural life of a community. They encompass the body of expressive culture associated with...

Armenian folk music is a genre of Armenian music. It usually uses the duduk, the kemenche, and the oud. It is very similar to folk music in the Caucasus[citation...

Heaven Folk (German: Himmelsvolk. Ein Märchen von Blumen, Tieren und Gott, lit. 'Heaven Folk. A Tale of Flowers, Animals and God') is a novel by the German...

Urban folk or city folk may refer to: Folk music from any urban cultural tradition (as opposed to country music) CityFolk Festival, an annual music festival...

have a single origin but are rather a collection of folk beliefs from disparate sources. Various folk theories about the origins of fairies include casting...

Folk ragtime is a subgenre of ragtime, a distinctly American music. It is sometimes referred to as a "school" of ragtime, or "strains" of ragtime. It is...

American folk, blues, jazz and ragtime with British folk music to produce a new and elaborate form of accompaniment. It has been highly important in folk music...

British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though...

Folkal Point are a folk and folk rock band from Bristol, England which was active throughout the early 1970s. The band was formed in 1971 and released...

Appalachian folk art is a regional form of folk art based in the Appalachian region of the United States. American folk art collector and writer Chuck...

Richard Dale “Rick” Folk (born March 5, 1950, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan...

recurring event is being considered for merging. › The Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which...

Country-Folk is a collaborative studio album by American country music artist Waylon Jennings featuring the Kimberlys on vocals. It was released in 1969...

Monsters of Folk was an American supergroup, consisting of Jim James from My Morning Jacket; Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes; and M. Ward...

Folk Village (Chinese: 锦绣中华民俗村, pinyin: Jǐnxiù Zhōnghuá Mínsú Cūn) is a theme park including two areas (Splendid China Miniature Park and China Folk Culture...

Folk-Lore is the third studio album by Irish folk metal band Cruachan released in 2002 on Hammerheart Records. It received a 9.5 out of ten rating from...

The Folk Project of New Jersey is a not-for-profit folk music, storytelling and dance organization which sponsors or organizes a wide variety of folk activities...

The Folk of the Air is a novel by Peter S. Beagle in which medievalists from 1980s California have magical interactions with people and spirits from the...

back' ancient sites". The Telegraph. "Woden's Folk - Honour and Loyalty: Woden Folk-Religion". Woden's Folk. White 2017, p. 254. White 2021, p. 139. Blain...

The Folk Sampler was a nationally syndicated show, produced and hosted by Mike Flynn, that showcased folk, blues, and bluegrass music both modern and...

of cultural associations where the Alpine folk culture is cultivated. At cultural events, traditional folk costume (in German Tracht) is expected: typically...

Michael Craig Folk (born in Martinsburg, West Virginia) is an American politician. A Republican, he was formerly a member of the West Virginia House of...

A folk taxonomy is a vernacular naming system, as distinct from scientific taxonomy. Folk biological classification is the way people traditionally describe...

This article discusses the role of folk music in the career of the composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809). The term "folk music" is used in different ways;...

The castle folk (Hungarian: várnép, Latin: castrenses or civis) formed a class of freemen, in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, who were obliged to provide...

Folk Den is a folk music website founded in 1995 by Roger McGuinn, former front man of The Byrds. Hosted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

The Folk Crusaders (Japanese: ザ・フォーク・クルセダーズ, Hepburn: Za Fōku Kurusedāzu), also known as simply Fōkuru (フォークル), was a Japanese folk group, popular in...

Folk theorem or folklore theorem may refer to: Mathematical folklore, theorems that are widely known to mathematicians but cannot be traced back to an...

The Folk of the Air is a young adult fantasy book series by Holly Black, published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers. The story follows the journey...

Norske Folk was a life insurance company based in Norway. It was founded in 1917. In 1984 it started a cooperation with Norges Brannkasse named UNI Forsikring...

Future Folk is a New York City-based folk music comedy duo. Founded as a live act in 2004, the duo includes the characters General Trius (Nils d'Aulaire)...

Queer as Folk is a drama television series that ran from December 3, 2000, to August 7, 2005. The series was produced for Showtime and Showcase by Cowlip...

The folk guerrilla concerts were folk music concerts in Shinjuku station, Shinjuku, Tokyo, held by anti-Vietnam War activists in 1969. The people who...

Folk Devils are an English 1980s post-punk ensemble born of the Notting Hill, West London music scene. Founding member Ian Lowery had previously been the...

"The House of the Rising Sun" is an American traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the...

Infobox recurring event is being considered for merging. › The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival with camping, held for nearly three weeks each...

Hayat Folk TV is specialized music television channel from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The program is mainly produced in Bosnian language, 24/7. During the...

Folk biology (or folkbiology) is the cognitive study of how people classify and reason about the organic world. Humans everywhere classify animals and...

Folktronica is a genre of indie electronic music incorporating elements of folk music and electronica, often featuring uses of acoustic instruments and incorporating...

Belarusian folk dance (Belarusian: Беларускі народны танец) is a Belarusian folk dance art, presented in the form of folk domestic or staged scenic dance...

The Motif-Index of Folk-Literature is a six volume catalogue of motifs, granular elements of folklore, composed by American folklorist Stith Thompson (1932–1936...

Fonó Zenekar, the Fonó Folk Band is a Hungarian folk band, playing traditional Hungarian music. Fonó Folk Band was founded in 1997 in Budapest. Its members...

Americana/Folk Albums (formerly Folk Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional...

as Folk is a drama television series created for Peacock by Stephen Dunn. It is a re-imagining of the Channel 4 1999 British TV series Queer as Folk that...

Fairy Folk is a 2024 Hindi-language fantasy drama film written and directed by Karan Gour and produced by Annukampa Harsh, Siddharth Bhatia, Karan Gour...

Gregory Dane Brown (born July 2, 1949) is an American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist from Iowa. Brown was born into a musical family, and his father...

affiliation (Pew Research Center 2023) No religion (93.0%) Buddhism (3.70%) Folk beliefs (0.20%) Christianity (1.40%) Islam (1.30%) Other (0.30%) Religious...

Folk Singer is the second studio album and fourth album overall by Muddy Waters, released in January 1964 by Chess Records. The album features Waters on...

This is a list of folk musicians, sorted by country, with some sub-categories based on region, style, or gender. Not all are strictly folk musicians, but...

Folkes or ffolkes is a surname, and may refer to: Folkes (foundry), foundry from the United Kingdom established in 1697 Folkes Brothers, Jamaican mento...

Malaysian folk religion refers to the animistic and polytheistic beliefs and practices that are still held by many in the Islamic-majority country of Malaysia...

musicians who have both significant folk and rock elements in their music, even if they are not considered primarily folk rock artists. Chava Alberstein Eric...

The American folk music revival began during the 1940s and peaked in popularity in the mid-1960s. Early folk music performers include Woody Guthrie, Lead...

The Tetley Tea Folk are animated characters used to advertise Tetley Tea from 1973 to 2001 and from 2010 to 2012 and 2014–2016. The Canadian copywriter...

"The Folk Singer" is a folk song, written by Charles E. Daniels and American musician Johnny Cash and first recorded by Cash in 1968. It is also known...

Folk economics is the intuitive economics of untrained people. It is derived from the evolutionary basis for human cognition. According to proponents of...

Cuban folk music includes a variety of traditional folk music of Cuba, and has been influenced by the Spanish and the African culture as well as the remaining...

The Real Folk Blues is a series of blues albums released between 1965 and 1967 by Chess Records, later reissued MCA Records. Each album in the series highlighted...

of poor health. The Folk Show features music ranging from early recordings of traditional Folk music through to Contemporary folk music. Also played are...

Folkers is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Karl August Folkers (1906–1997), American biochemist Lambert Folkers (died 1761)...

The folk music of England is a tradition-based music which has existed since the later medieval period. It is often contrasted with courtly, classical...

The Modern Folk Quartet (or MFQ) was an American folk music revival group that formed in the early 1960s. Originally emphasizing acoustic instruments and...

The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of around 250,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs collected from oral tradition in the English language from all...

The Midnight Folk is a children's fantasy novel by John Masefield first published in 1927. It is about a boy, Kay Harker, who sets out to discover what...

The Nodding Folk was the name of an industrial music supergroup with members David Tibet, James Mannox, John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Sam Mannox-Wood...

Folk mathematics may refer to: The mathematical folklore that circulates among mathematicians The informal mathematics used in everyday life Folk theorem...

This article describes Serbian folk astronomy. In Serbian belief, the Sun is anthropomorphised as a man. Sometimes, the Moon is described as the Sun's...

the Corded Ware culture of Central Europe. From about 2400 BC the Beaker folk culture expanded eastwards, into the Corded Ware horizon. In parts of Central...

folk (Holzleute, "wood folk", German: [ˈhɔltsˌlɔɪ̯tə]) or forest folk (Waldleute, "forest-folk", German: [ˈvaltˌlɔɪ̯tə]), are a class of fairy-folk,...

1977) is an American musician, actress and author known for her eclectic folk music. She is a founding member of the group Carolina Chocolate Drops, where...

Hausa Folk-lore is a book by Maalam Shaihua, translated by R. Sutherland Rattray, published in 1913. In two volumes, it contains a pronunciation guide...

Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Monsters of Folk, and Better Oblivion Community Center. Oberst was named the Best Songwriter...

Folk Time is an album by the Hart Valley Drifters, an American folk music band. It was recorded in 1962 at the studios of KZSU, a radio station at Stanford...

Folk dances of Sindh (Sindhi: سنڌ جا لوڪ ناچ‎) are the traditional dances of the Sindhi people, which are indigenous to Sindh region which is now in Pakistan...

Folk Face were a comedy band formed in 2005 by BBC Radio 1 DJ Dave Vitty and BBC Newsreader Dominic Byrne. Mainly appearing on The Chris Moyles Show, they...

Shamanism, Confucianism, Buddhism, and more recently Christianity. Many folk traditions developed in rural areas such as villages. They often relate to...

This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness...

country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically...

Infobox recurring event is being considered for merging. › Folk Dranouter is a yearly folk festival spanning four days at the beginning of August in the...

Skin Folk is a story collection by Jamaican-Canadian writer Nalo Hopkinson, published in 2001. Winner of the 2002 World Fantasy Award for Best Story Collection...

Slovakia has an enormous reservoir of folk music.[citation needed] The people of Slovakia tend to designate themselves as the "singing nation".[citation...

October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation...

The British folk revival incorporates a number of movements for the collection, preservation and performance of folk music in the United Kingdom and related...

term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, vernacular...

The Folk of the Fringe (1989) is a collection of post-apocalyptic stories by American writer Orson Scott Card. These stories are set sometime in the near...

Georgian folk medicine (or Georgian traditional medicine) originated at the crossroads of the East and West and therefore integrates the principles of...

Folk jazz is a musical style that combines traditional folk music with elements of jazz, usually featuring richly texturized songs. Its origins can be...

Mumford (born 31 January 1987) is a British folk musician and singer. He is the lead singer of the folk band Mumford & Sons and also plays a number of...

Mormon folk music is primarily composed of folk music which was sung by Mormon pioneers in present-day Utah from the mid-19th century through the early...

Vietnamese folk religion (Vietnamese: tín ngưỡng dân gian Việt Nam) is a group of spiritual beliefs and practices adhered to by the Vietnamese people....

American Folk is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by David Heinz. The film stars Joe Purdy, Amber Rubarth, Krisha Fairchild, David Fine...

The Tai folk religion, Satsana Phi (Lao: ສາສະໜາຜີ, Thai: ศาสนาผี; /sàːt.sa.nǎː.pʰǐː/) or Ban Phi (Ahom: 𑜈𑜃𑜫 𑜇𑜣), is the ancient native ethnic religion...

The Highwaymen were an American 1960s "collegiate folk" group. The quintet's version of "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore", a 19th Century African-American...

Austrian folk dancing is mostly associated with Schuhplattler, Ländler, polka and waltz. However, there are other dances such as Zwiefacher, Kontratänze...

Folk music is one of the major divisions of music, now often divided into traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. There are many styles of...

A Folk Tale (Danish: Et Folkesagn) is a ballet in three acts, created in 1854 for the Royal Danish Ballet by the Danish ballet master and choreographer...

and the increase in the nerd-geek demographic. Nerd-folk (also nerd folk, geek-folk, or dork-folk) is a musical genre derived from filking that features...

folk music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Folk music is a genre of music. Folk music may also refer to: Traditional folk music Contemporary folk...

influences, including country, folk and punk rock. Their playing range has included roots rock, alternative rock and folk rock, and their music is typified...

Folk Ridge (73°9′S 161°49′E / 73.150°S 161.817°E / -73.150; 161.817) is a ridge just southeast of Moore Ridge and parallel to it in the Caudal Hills...

The Fox is a traditional folk song (Roud 131) from England. It is also the subject of at least two picture books, The Fox Went out on a Chilly Night: An...

Folk dances of Rajasthan represent the rich cultural heritage and vibrant traditions of the Indian state of Rajasthan. These dances are performed on various...

Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer-songwriter. He is known for singing songs of protest against social injustice, and storytelling...

Folk Bitch Trio is an Australian musical trio. The trio comprises Grace Sinclair, Jeanie Pilkington and Heide Peverelle. The trio began in 2020 in Melbourne...

Farende folk (Traveling Folk) is a Norwegian silent film from 1922, directed by Amund Rydland. The screenplay was written by Rydland and the actor Martin...

Torrey Folk (born December 10, 1973) is an American rower. She competed in the women's eight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde,...

critics for her unique musical style, sometimes characterized as progressive folk, and for her harp instrumentation. She has also appeared as an actress with...

World folk-epics are those epics which are not just literary masterpieces but also an integral part of the worldview of a people. They were originally...

Turkish folk dress is a traditional style of varying folk clothing worn primarily in the rural parts of Turkey throughout the seven geographical regions...

Shrewsbury Folk Festival is an annual festival of folk and world music and traditional dance held in the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire, England. It...

nations' folk music see: Albanian folk music Bosnian folk music Bulgarian folk music Croatian folk music Macedonian folk music Montenegrin folk music Serbian...

The Cathedral Folk (Russian: Соборяне, romanized: Soboryane), also translated as The Cathedral Clergy, is a novel by Nikolai Leskov, a series of "romantic...

verse and clapping instead of actually saying the letter. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 589. The contemporary version generally goes as follows:...

Yangdong Folk Village (Korean: 경주 양동마을) is a traditional yangban (upper class) Korean folk village that dates to the Joseon period. The village is located...

The Queer as Folk soundtracks are the official musical accompaniment to the 2000s North American television series Queer as Folk. Five CDs were released...

Seongeup Folk Village (Korean: 성읍민속마을) is a traditional Korean folk village in Pyoseon-myeon [ko], Seogwipo, Jeju Province, South Korea. It has been continually...

In theoretical physics, the folk theorem states how to construct an effective field theory. It was first formulated by Steven Weinberg in the 1979 in the...

remains overall distinctive in its rhythm and sound. The ethnic Macedonian folk music (Macedonian: Народна музика, Narodna muzika) includes: Traditional...

Folk dances of Assam include the Bihu and the Bagurumba (both danced during festivals held in the spring), the Bhortal, the Ojapali dance. Assam is home...

Ukrainian folk music includes a number of varieties of traditional, folkloric, folk-inspired popular music, and folk-inspired European classical music...

Haimen folk song is popular in the sea sand area of Haimen. It is the production condition of local operas and also a kind of wu song. Haimen folk songs...

The Ark, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a nationally known acoustic and folk music venue. It has been in existence in various locations since 1965. It currently...

The folk deities of Sylhet are the various devas and devis that were traditionally worshipped by the syncretist societies in Bangladesh's northeastern...

Folk Festival may refer to: National Folk Festival (Australia), in Canberra, Australia National Folk Festival (United States), touring national folk festival...

The Fair Folk is an anthology of fantasy stories edited by Marvin Kaye. It was published by Science Fiction Book Club in January 2005. The anthology contains...

Robert "Bob" Louis "Luigi" Folk (September 30, 1925, Cleveland, Ohio – June 4, 2018) was an American geologist and petrologist, specializing in sedimentology...

have been controversial. Hoffmann contrasted this animistic-shamanistic folk religion with the organised priesthood of Bonpos which developed later, Shaivism...

Viddenes folk (The People of the Mountain Plateau) is a Norwegian romantic drama film from 1928 directed by Ragnar Westfelt. Westfelt also wrote the script...

Traditional children's games, also known as folk games, are played by individuals between an estimated 7–12 years of age, without much equipment or any...

Folk revival may refer to: American folk music revival British folk revival Roots revival Roots Revival (project) This disambiguation page lists articles...

He serves as the lead singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter of American folk-rock band Dawes. Goldsmith has a younger brother, Griffin. They were raised...

Folk Review (known as Folk & Country for its first four issues) was a British magazine dedicated to folk music, founded and edited by Fred Woods until...

– June 29, 1975) was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz...

The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches is a 1903 work of American literature by W. E. B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology...

„Mazowsze” im. Tadeusza Sygietyńskiego)  – "State Folk Ensemble of Song and Dance 'Mazowsze'") is a famous Polish folk dance and song ensemble. It is named after...

Folk-Country is the second studio album and major-label debut by American country music artist Waylon Jennings, released in 1966 on RCA Victor. It is his...

Bangladeshi Folk Literature (Bengali: বাংলাদেশী লোক সাহিত্য) constitutes a considerable portion of Bengali literature. Though it was created by illiterate...

The Pirin Folk Ensemble (Bulgarian: Фолклорен ансамбъл „Пирин“, Folkloren ansambal „Pirin“) (also Pirin Folk Song and Dances State Ensemble) is a Bulgarian...

Folk och Rackare are a Swedish-Norwegian folk rock band primarily active between 1972 and 1986. They are sometimes considered part of the diverse progg...

Albanian Folk Music from Kosovo is rich with rare and unique[citation needed] elements. Kosovo's folklore claims roots in the 6th–5th centuries BC. In...

be derived from British folk music, brought to the United States during early waves of immigration. Rooted in American folk music, such as old-time and...

Hungarian folk music is characterised by complex melodic patterns, rhythmic diversity, ornamentalisation and the use of a distinctive blend of traditional...

June 1975) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk contemporary lyrics that deliver social and political commentaries on Irish...

Taiwan campus folk song, campus folk song, or campus folk rock (Chinese: 校園民歌) is a genre of Taiwanese music with its roots as student songs in the campuses...

Turkish folk music (Turkish: Türk Halk Müziği) is the traditional music of Turkish people living in Turkey influenced by the cultures of Anatolia and former...

has drawn on multiple styles of music including punk rock, rock and roll, folk music (in particular Irish and Scottish music), Celtic soul, noise rock,...

Monkey: A Folk-Tale of China, more often known as simply Monkey, is an abridged translation published in 1942 by Arthur Waley of the sixteenth-century...

painting, etc.), and the worship of Slavic gods has persisted in unofficial folk religion into modern times. The Slavs' resistance to Christianity gave rise...

medieval literature and German cultural history. The first collection of folk tales, Children's and Household Tales (Kinder- und Hausmärchen), was published...

Cieszyn folk costume, also known as Valachian, is a Silesian folk costume, which used to be worn within majority of the area of Cieszyn Silesia, but mostly...

TwickFolk (previously known as Twickenham Folk Club) organises acoustic music events in and around Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon...

of Folk is a five volume series of compact discs released by Rhino Records in 1992. The series documents several decades worth of "contemporary" folk music...

Peter, Paul and Mary were an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961 during the American folk music revival. The trio consisted of Peter Yarrow...

Australian folk music is the traditional music from the large variety of immigrant cultures and those of the original Australian inhabitants. Celtic, English...

Gerdes Folk City, sometimes spelled Gerde's Folk City, was a music venue in the West Village of Manhattan in New York City. Opened by Mike Porco in 1960...

"La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie...

Chinese folk art or Chinese handcrafts are artistic forms inherited from a regional or ethnic scene in China. Usually there are some variation between...

Country blues (also folk blues, rural blues, backwoods blues, or downhome blues) is one of the earliest forms of blues music, but also refers to a blend...

Burmese folk religion (also known as Nat Worship by locals) refers to the animistic and polytheistic religious worship of nats (deities of local and Hindu...

Folk is an unincorporated community in northwestern Osage County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Jefferson...

Russian folk music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. Russian folk music is used as the basic foundation...

Mexican handcrafts and folk art is a complex collection of items made with various materials and intended for utilitarian, decorative or other purposes...

Fast Folk Musical Magazine (originally known as The CooP) was a combination magazine and record album published from February 1982 to 1997. The magazine...

use collections of ethnic folk dances will use the term "international folk dance" or similar in their name. International folk dance developed in the immigrant...

musical genres, predominantly country, folk, and what she termed "folkabilly." She won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album in 1994 for her 1993 recording...

The Folk Next Door was the name of a concert series and CD releases produced on by WWUH, the University of Hartford radio station in West Hartford, CT...

Folk Songs for Far Out Folk is an album by Fred Katz originally released on Warner Bros. in 1959. It features orchestral jazz interpretations of African...

Karnataka has a variety of traditional arts, including folk dance and puppetry. The ritual dances of Karnataka are known as Kunitha. One such dance is...

were nominated for the Choice Music Prize. She played at the 2016 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. O'Neill made an appearance in 2016 on the debut album Everything...

recent origin and should be classified as popular music rather than folk. Linkages from folk music to mento are described in Daniel T. Neely's dissertation...

"The Lincolnshire Poacher" is a traditional English folk song associated with the county of Lincolnshire, and deals with the joys of poaching. It is considered...

Indian folk dances, which typically consist of a few simple steps, are performed throughout the world to celebrate a new season, childbirth, weddings,...

The American Folk Festival is an annual folk festival held during August at Waterfront Park in Bangor, Maine. Founded in 2005, the festival is free and...

Archive of Folk Culture (originally named The Archive of American Folk Song) was established in 1928 as the first national collection of American folk music...

Israeli folk dance (Hebrew: ריקודי עם, romanized: rikude ʿam, lit. 'folk dances') is a form of dance usually performed to songs in Hebrew, or to other...

phenomenally in Nepali folk songs and dances. Both men and women take part in folk songs and dances. One of the most well-known Magar folk-dances is Sorathi...

event is being considered for merging. › The Beverley Folk Festival is a three-day celebration of folk music, art, comedy and spoken word held in Beverley...

The Msgr. Patrick Anthony Folk Research Centre (FRC, Plas Wíchès Foklò) of Saint Lucia has studied and promoted the local music of Saint Lucia since its...

The Lovin' Spoonful is a Canadian-American folk-rock band formed in Greenwich Village, New York City, in 1964. The band were among the most popular groups...

Of Monsters and Men is an Icelandic indie folk/rock band formed in Garðabær in 2010. It consists of lead singer and guitarist Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir...

Erik Folk (born January 26, 1989) is a former American college football placekicker who played for the University of Washington. He is most remembered...

A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus...

Florida Folk Festival is a long-running annual folk music festival in Hamilton County, Florida. It began in 1953. Thelma Boltin was an organizer for the...

American historian Jack D. Forbes wrote that the animism of native and folk religious beliefs of Africa, Asia and the Americas was synonymous with "life-ism"...

the mid- to late 1960s. Its studio-centric sound was primarily rooted in folk rock and easy listening, typically featuring rich harmony vocals and progressive...

Thoms, the editor of Notes and Queries who had first introduced the term folk-lore, seems to have been instrumental in the formation of the society: as...

songwriter of the American folk music revival, began recording and performing with electric instruments, generating controversy in the folk music community. The...

Folk Tale is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 2011 by Sony Music. "Tyrone Boys" (Christy Moore) "Folk Tale" (Paula Meehan (poem)/Christy...

Kaffir Folk-lore: A Selection from the Traditional Tales is a book by George McCall Theal published in 1882. It is sometimes called Kaffir (Xhosa) Folk-lore...

Cunning folk traditions, sometimes referred to as folk magic, were intertwined with the early culture and practice of the Latter Day Saint movement. These...

There are several individuals regarded Serbian folk heroes. Most of them were medieval people, enumerated in Serbian epic poetry. The list includes: Lazar...

Folk och Försvar (translated roughly as “Society and Defence” or "People and Defence") is a Swedish non-governmental organisation which since 1946 acts...

American Folk Songs is a 1948 album by Jo Stafford. The original release featured six songs on three 78-RPM discs. It was released as a long-playing record...

The Regina Folk Festival (RFF) was an annual music festival held in Victoria Park in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. A three-night and two-day event usually...

Mirror: Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival is a 2007 documentary film about Bob Dylan's appearances at the Newport Folk Festival in three successive years:...

The Kaesong Folk Hotel is a tourist hotel located in Kaesong, North Korea, which opened in 1989. Housed in 19 traditional hanok-style courtyard houses...

has its roots in the early folk music of the area, and still has a thriving presence today. The retrieval of these old folk songs in the 19th century reinvigorated...

Folk music thus differentiates between traditional and contemporary. Many of Canada's most influential folk artists emerged in the contemporary folk music...

recurring event is being considered for merging. › The Philadelphia Folk Festival is a folk music festival held annually at Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford...

Alpine folk music (German: Alpenländische Volksmusik; German's Volksmusik means "people's music" or as a Germanic connotative translation, "folk's music")...

Infobox recurring event is being considered for merging. › The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival, established in 1965, held in the grounds...

steel strings.[citation needed] The fiddle is part of many traditional (folk) styles, which are typically aural traditions—taught "by ear" rather than...

template Infobox recurring event is being considered for merging. › The Canmore Folk Festival is an annual three-day outdoor music event held the first weekend...

A Folk Song a Day was a project by the English folk singer and musician and Bellowhead member Jon Boden where he recorded and released a folk song each...

A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance...

The Tablelands Folk Festival, the sometime 'Yungaburra Folk Festival', is a music festival held in the village of Yungaburra, in north Queensland, Australia...

The Folk Costume Festival ( Bulgarian: Фестивал на народната носия в Жеравна) is an annual cultural event held in the village of Zheravna in southeastern...

Welsh folk music (Welsh: Cerddoriaeth werin Gymreig) is traditional music sung or played in Wales, by Welsh people or originating from Wales. Folk artists...

Oral literature, orature, or folk literature is a genre of literature that is spoken or sung in contrast to that which is written, though much oral literature...

Infobox recurring event is being considered for merging. › There has been a folk festival in the coastal town of Sidmouth in South West England in the first...

Icelandic folk music includes a number of styles that are together a prominent part of the music of Iceland. When speaking of traditional Icelandic vocal...

Industrial folk music, industrial folk song, industrial work song or working song is a subgenre of folk or traditional music that developed from the 18th...

considered for merging. › The Winnipeg Folk Festival is a non-profit charitable organization with an annual summer folk music festival held in Birds Hill Provincial...

The Americana Folk Festival (2004–2009) (AFF) was an art and music event held at Montgomery Bell State Park in Dickson, Tennessee (near Nashville). The...

folk non-clay sculpture. Folk performing arts – including dances, plays, and dramas. Folk (oral) literature – including epics, songs, and myths. Folk...

The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS, pronounced 'EFF-diss') is an organisation that promotes English folk music and folk dance. EFDSS was formed...

Fritt Folk ("Free People") was a Norwegian newspaper, published in Oslo. It was the official organ of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling, and came to prominence...

Netflix miniseries Unbelievable (2019). In 2020 McDermott began a career in folk music with his debut album, Some Things Just Fall Out of Your Hands. McDermott...

composer widely considered one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism...

and coming' folk artists from various genres, including Celtic Folk, Traditional Folk, Pagan Folk, and singer-songwriters. Friendly Folk Records was the...

Blues & Folk is an album by blues musicians Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. This record was recorded in 1960 and released on the Bluesville label. All...

Just Folk is a 1965 Australian television aired on Sydney station ATN-7 (it is not clear if it was shown on any other stations across Australia). It was...

The Árnesinga Folk Museum is a small museum located at Eyrarbakki, a village on the south coast of Iceland, where visitors can experience past times and...

Fraktur is a highly artistic and elaborate illustrated folk art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch, named after the Fraktur script associated with it. Place...

poem written by Robert Burns in 1788, but it is based on an older Scottish folk song. In 1799 it was set to a traditional pentatonic tune, which has since...

The Mamas & the Papas were an American-Canadian folk rock vocal group that recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968, with a brief reunion in 1971. The...

KLOF Magazine (formerly Folk Radio UK) is an independent online music and culture magazine founded in June 2004 by Alex Gallacher. Originally launched...

Kevin Folk (born July 26, 1980 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian curler originally from Kelowna, British Columbia. He previously played third for...

Indigenous Philippine folk religions are the distinct native religions of various ethnic groups in the Philippines, where most follow belief systems in...

Chad Folk (born October 28, 1972) is a Canadian former professional football centre who played for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League...

Joseph "Holy Joe" Wingate Folk (October 28, 1869 – May 28, 1923) was an American lawyer, reformer, and politician from St. Louis, Missouri. He was the...

1998. Just five years later Mitchell won the New Folk award in 2003, when she was 22, at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Her album Hymns for the Exiled was released...

is a song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is...

robam) consists of three main categories: classical dance of the royal court, folk dance which portrays cultural traditions, and social dances performed in...

Pentangle are a British folk rock band, formed in London in 1967. The original band was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and a later version has...

a list of notable folk metal bands. Folk metal is a fusion of heavy metal music and folk music that features widespread use of folk instruments and to...

is best known for his 1971 hit "American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock song that has been referred to as a "cultural touchstone". His other...

reminiscent of folk music. Many songs that are widely considered to be bluegrass are in reality older works legitimately classified as folk or old-time music...

dictionary. A folktale or folk tale is a story from the oral literature. Folktale, Folktales, Folk Tale, etc. may also refer to: A Folk Tale, an 1854 ballet...

African folk art consists of a variety of items: household objects, metal objects, toys, textiles, masks, and wood sculpture. Most traditional African...

County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish folk singer. In 1995, she joined the folk group Equation and signed a record deal with Warners Music...

Gaelic folk music or Gaelic traditional music is the folk music of Goidelic-speaking communities in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man, often including...

Turkish folk literature is an oral tradition deeply rooted, in its form, in Anatolian traditions. However, in its themes, Turkish folk literature reflects...

Punjabi folk music (Punjabi: پنجابی لوک موسیقی, Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲੋਕ ਸੰਗੀਤ or Punjabi Folk) is the traditional music on the traditional musical instruments...

Bulgarian Folk Songs is a collection of folk songs and traditions from the then Ottoman Empire, especially from the region of Macedonia, but also from...

Vaillancourt Folk Art (VFA) is a brand and fine art studio recognized for its manufacturing and wholesaling of Christmas collectibes and operations of...

The American Folk Art Museum is an art museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, at 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street...

Death'), is a new religious movement, female deity, folk-Catholic saint, and folk saint in Mexican folk Catholicism and neo-paganism. A personification of...

term in Wales for the mythological creatures corresponding to the fairy folk of English and Continental folklore and the Irish Aos Sí. Other names for...

Influenced Traditions also referred to as "Westernized folk traditions" or "lowland Christianized folk traditions"; and American Influenced Traditions, including...

Pakistani folk music refers to the local genre of folk music that originates from Pakistan. Malika Pukhraj (1912 - 2004) (sang in Kashmiri Dogari Pahari...

American folk dance encompasses several regional folk dances, many of which were influenced by foreign cultures. The play party dance style was developed...

Folk dances of Jharkhand represent its vibrant culture and tradition. There are various folk dance in the state of Jharkhand which are performed during...

template Infobox recurring event is being considered for merging. › Mariposa Folk Festival is a Canadian music festival founded in 1961 in Orillia, Ontario...

in Co. Dublin. While there, in 1987, he was a founder member of the Irish folk group Kíla. Mac Con Iomaire has been involved with The Frames since 1990...

Lithuanian folk music is the traditional music of Lithuania, belonging to the broader category of Baltic music. Both stringed (kanklių) and wind instruments...

Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden. The primary instrument...

Andrew Kennedy Irvine (born 14 June 1942) is an Irish folk musician, singer-songwriter, and a founding member of Sweeney's Men, Planxty, Patrick Street...

and six string quartets. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later...

His musical performances and compositions span rock, punk, country and folk music genres. As an actor, he has dozens of television appearances and several...

Ryedale Folk Museum is an open-air museum in the village of Hutton-le-Hole in the North York Moors National Park. This museum tells the stories of local...

Infobox recurring event is being considered for merging. › The Pittsburgh Folk Festival is a large multicultural celebration of diverse international ethnic...

stores that profited from African American folk practices. White merchants profited from African American folk magic and placed stereotypical images of...

Hmong folk spirituality or Miao folk spirituality (Hmong: Kev Dab Qhuas, lit. 'way of spirit worship') is the common ethnic religion of the Miao people...

The cunning folk were professional or semi-professional practitioners of magic in Europe from the medieval period to the early 20th century. In Britain...

The Dubliners (/ˈdʌblɪnərz/) were an Irish folk band founded in Dublin in 1962 as The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, named after its founding member; they subsequently...

Korean Folk Village (Korean: 한국민속촌) is a living museum type of tourist attraction in the city of Yongin, a satellite city in the Seoul Metropolitan Area...

event is being considered for merging. › The Cygnet Folk Festival, run since 1982, is a three-day folk music festival held in Cygnet in Tasmania, Australia...

As a folk definition, philosophy and linguistics refer to definition-like methods used in everyday life to explain the meaning of a word or a particular...

The Folk Implosion is a compilation EP by American indie rock band The Folk Implosion. It was released in 1996 on the Communion Label. The release consisted...

Hungarian folk tale published by László Arany [hu] in Eredeti Népmesék (1862). Its main character is a youth named Fehérlófia, a "Hungarian folk hero". The...

The music of Barbados includes distinctive national styles of folk and popular music, including elements of Western classical and religious music. The...

Indian folk music is sung in various languages and dialects. Chawtal or Chowtal, aside from being the name of a "taal"/"tala" or meter in Hindustani classical...

Folk-Legacy Records was an independent record label specializing in traditional and contemporary folk music of the English-speaking world. It was founded...

Folk UnderGround is a musical group from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, who blend traditional music and new songs with dark and darkly comic themes. The...

"The Very Old Folk" is the name given by publishers to a story found in the letter sent to Donald Wandrei by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft...

playing these files? See media help. "Turkey in the Straw" is an American folk song that first gained popularity in the 19th century. Early versions of...

Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter who sang traditional-sounding songs frequently inspired...

Animal Crossing: City Folk, released as Animal Crossing: Let's Go to the City in PAL territories, is a 2008 social simulation game developed and published...

The Clearing Folk School, usually called just The Clearing, is a 125-acre (0.51 km2) continuing education institution located near Ellison Bay, Wisconsin...

up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer. He first sang in the folk rock band the Humblebums alongside Gerry Rafferty and Tam...

Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album is an award presented by the Recording Academy to honor quality folk music albums in any given year. The...

Alikovo folk theater folk theater of Alikovsky District of the Chuvash Republic, is located in village Alikovo. The library in Alikovo opened in 1933...

Grup de Folk was a Catalan folk music musical association formed in 1967 and disbanded in 1968. Formed as an alternative to Els Setze Jutges, it took...

The Romanian folk violin (Romanian: vioară, /viˈo̯a.rə/; also diblă, scripcă, ceteră, higheghe, țibulcă, braci) is a bowed string musical instrument and...

career. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic...

Queer as Folk is a drama television series. An American–Canadian co-production. The series ran between December 2000 and August 2005 and was produced for...

The following is a list of psychedelic folk artists. The Accidental Akron/Family Animal Collective Arborea August Born Bread, Love and Dreams Vashti Bunyan...

series are The Enchanted Wood (1939), The Magic Faraway Tree (1943), The Folk of the Faraway Tree (1946) and Up the Faraway Tree (1951). The stories take...

Folker may refer to: Folker (album) Folker (magazine) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Folker. If an internal link incorrectly...

Violent Femmes are an American folk punk band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The band consists of founding members Gordon Gano (guitar, lead...

Russian folk dance (Russian: Русский народный танец) is an important part of Russian culture. Some of the unique characteristics suggest that many elements...

A Folk Set Apart is a compilation album by American musician Cass McCombs. It was released in December 2015 through Domino Records. "A folk set apart:...

Minhwa (Korean: 민화; Hanja: 民畵) refers to Korean folk art produced mostly by itinerant or unknown artists without formal training, emulating contemporary...

Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland. Born into a working-class household...

known as folk epics. Indian folk epics have been investigated by Lauri Honko (1998), Brenda Beck (1982) and John Smith, amongst others. Folk epics are...

This is a list of songs by their Roud Folk Song Index numbers; the full catalogue can also be found on the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library website. Some...

Philippine folk literature refers to the traditional oral literature of the Filipino people. Thus, the scope of the field covers the ancient folk literature...

The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art (German: Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde), commonly known as the Volkskundemuseum Wien, is an ethnographic...

romanized: ʻAlāʼ ad-Dīn, IPA: [ʕalaːʔ adˈdiːn], ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with One Thousand and...

worked for thirty-nine years as a fish filleter in the city. From his aunt, folk singer Jeannie Robertson, and others including his father, he inherited a...

Danish folk dance is characterized by being easy going, gentle, and relatively easy to learn. Danish folk dance is mainly a social dance involving groups...

languages of China. It includes traditional classical forms and indigenous folk music, as well as recorded popular music and forms inspired by Western culture...

The Fureys are an Irish folk band who originally formed in 1974. The group consisted initially of four brothers who grew up in Ballyfermot, Dublin. Brothers...

rock are popular, as well as pop music influenced by Dalmatian or Slavonian folk elements. Since the mid-20th century, schlager and chanson-inspired music...

This is a list of Newport Folk Festival lineups by year. The Newport Folk Festival was founded in 1959 is held annually in Newport, Rhode Island. The...

English Folk Song Suite is one of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' most famous works. It was first published for the military band as Folk Song Suite...

and Sarawak which are part of Malaysia. There is a wide array of native folk music, and dance. Brunei shares some Cultural perspectives and links with...

Bangkok Folk Museum, or Bangkokian Museum (Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์ชาวบางกอก, RTGS: Phiphithaphan Chao Bang Kok), is a museum in Bangkok, Thailand. It is at house...

Ilocano folk religion Itneg folk religion Kalinga folk religion Kankanaey folk religion Karay-a folk religion Mangyan folk religion Palawan folk religion...

Western literature as the same musical form. The folk origins of the Mazurka are three Polish folk dances which are: mazur, most characteristic due to...

The music of Qatar is based on sea folk poetry, song and dance. The historical importance of pearl fishing is commonly expressed through melodies, tunes...

distinctive form of folk music called falak, which is played at celebrations for weddings, circumcisions and other occasions. Tajik folk music is traditionally...

Monsters of Folk is the first and only studio album by American indie rock supergroup Monsters of Folk, a group consisting of the artists Jim James, Conor...

well as a major contributor to the evolution of punk rock, indie music, folk, and hip hop. Nearby Tacoma and Olympia have also been centers of influence...

singer-songwriter and producer. Her music spans multiple genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. During her career...

Folk, Blues and Beyond is the second studio album by British musician Davy Graham, originally released in 1965. It has been considered Graham's most groundbreaking...

Punjabi dances are an array of folk and religious dances of the Punjabi people indigenous to the Punjab region, straddling the border of India and Pakistan...

Irish Folk Furniture is a 2012 short animated film directed by Tony Donoghue which won the prize for Best Animation at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival...

Folk Alliance International (previously the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance) is a non-profit organization that produces an annual conference...

Folk Songs & Bluegrass is the second studio album by the progressive bluegrass band The Country Gentlemen, recorded in 1961 and reissued in 1988. Considered...

Out of the Folk Bag is an album by the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band featuring performances recorded in Cologne in 1967 for the German Columbia label...

1931 – April 5, 2011) was an American folk singer, folk musician and actor. Robbins was a former member of the folk band, the Highwaymen. The New York Times...

Folk religious beliefs and practices exist in Bektashism. While Bektashism was originally founded as an Islamic Sufi order, it became widespread in the...

Folk of the 80's is an extended play (EP) released by Canadian synth-pop group Men Without Hats. Recorded in the summer of 1980 at Studio A in Montreal...

Infobox recurring event is being considered for merging. › The Woodford Folk Festival is an annual music and cultural festival held near the semi-rural...

Bluegrass Albums chart, No. 9 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, and No. 15 on the Folk Albums chart. In 2014, the band opened for Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors...

included his most highly attended U.S. concerts to date, such as the Ann Arbor Folk Festival in January, a stint at the Beacon Theatre in New York City in April...

Golden Folk Hits is a studio album by American singer Bobby Darin, released in November 1963 by Capitol Records, and arranged by Walter Raim. The album...

Folk Songs is a song cycle by Luciano Berio composed in 1964. It consists of arrangements of folk music from various countries and other songs, forming...

Taiwanese folk beliefs are traditional beliefs common across Taiwan, including Chinese folk beliefs that combine Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism. These...

Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer...

Romanian Folk Dances (Romanian: Dansuri populare românești, pronounced [ˈdansurʲ popuˈlare romɨˈneʃtʲ]), (Hungarian: Román népi táncok, pronounced [ˈromaːn...

Kathleen Lewis (née Dowley; March 7, 1903 – July 30, 1970) was a Canadian folk artist from Nova Scotia. She lived most of her life in poverty in a tiny...

music scene, which includes several genres of rock, as well as classical, folk, and hip hop music. Perhaps the most influential early composer of the United...

movie theaters. She is best known as the co-author of Chinese Fables and Folk Stories, which she wrote with Reverend Chow Leung, while based in Chicago...

the 19th century, the Egyptian folk street music band Hasaballah, a genre of popular improvisational brass band folk music emerged, initiated by clarinettist...

Kurdish folk music (Kurdish: میوزیکی فۆلکلۆری کوردی, romanized: Mîwzîkî folkilorî Kurdî or مۆسیقای فۆلکلۆر) is a musical tradition associated with the...

Medieval folk rock, medieval rock or medieval folk is a musical subgenre that emerged in the early 1970s in England and Germany which combined elements...

The Negro Folk Symphony is a symphony composed by William L. Dawson in 1934 and revised in 1952. Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra debuted...

work with the folk rock band Fairport Convention during the late 1960s. She has been described as "arguably the pre-eminent British folk-rock singer/songwriter...

life of Llewyn Davis, played by Oscar Isaac in his breakthrough role, a folk singer struggling to achieve musical success while keeping his life in order...

lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk-acoustic tradition with a guitar, although this role has transmuted through...

heavily on stage performances by folk singers. With the arrival of new communication technologies and digital media, many folk songs have been modernized and...

Wind", which became an anthem of the 1960s, and an international hit for folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary soon after the release of the album. The album...

school. In 1944, the Jewish Folk School rejoined with I. L. Peretz School on Aberdeen Avenue to become the I. L. Peretz Folk School. By the following decade...

Assyrian folk/pop music, also known as Assyrian folk-pop, is the musical style of the Assyrian people derived from traditional music that includes a broad...

Nuo folk religion, or extendedly, Chinese popular exorcistic religion, is a variant of Chinese folk religion with its own system of temples, rituals,...

Australian Folk Songs (Decca DL 8749) is a 1958 album by Burl Ives. During his visit to Australia in 1952, invited there by the Australian Broadcasting...

dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following...

Jens Tismar's monograph in German, is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a single identifiable author". They differ...

being considered for merging. › The CityFolk Festival (known until 2014 as the Ottawa Folk Festival) is a folk music festival held annually in Ottawa,...

Folk Blues is an album by blues musician John Lee Hooker, compiling tracks originally recorded for Modern Records between 1951 and 1954, that was released...

The Highland Folk Museum is an open-air museum and visitor attraction in Newtonmore, in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom...

John Henry is an American folk hero. A black American freedman, he is said to have worked as a "steel-driving man"—a man tasked with hammering a steel...

bodice, a wide high-waisted skirt and an apron. The dirndl is regarded as a folk costume (in German Tracht). Today it is generally considered traditional...

Finland can be roughly divided into folk music, classical and contemporary art music, and contemporary popular music. The folk music of Finland belongs to a...

regarded as a folk singer, but her music has diversified since the counterculture era of the 1960s and encompasses genres such as folk rock, pop, country...

"Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" is a traditional Jamaican folk song. The song has mento influences, but it is commonly classified as an example of the better-known...

50°11′28″N 5°34′01″W / 50.191°N 5.567°W / 50.191; -5.567 The Wayside Folk Museum was a small private museum situated at Trewey Mill in the parish of...

The Urban Folk Quartet (commonly known as The UFQ or simply UFQ) are a four-piece contemporary folk band launched in June 2009. The band is composed of...

"My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme, folk music and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the...

and guitarist from Glendale, California. Ward's solo work is a mixture of folk and blues-inspired Americana analog recordings. He has released 12 studio...

Mumford & Sons are an English folk rock band formed in Greater London. The band consists of Marcus Mumford (lead vocals, guitar, drums), Ben Lovett (vocals...

Negro Folk Songs (or Negroe Folksongs Sung by Lead Belly) is an album by Lead Belly, recorded in 1943 and released as an album in early 1946. By 1943,...

event is being considered for merging. › The National Folk Festival (NFF) is an itinerant folk festival in the United States. Since 1934, it has been...

The Illawarra Folk Festival started in 1985 in Jamberoo, New South Wales. It has grown to become one of the largest festivals in Australia run entirely...

Since the early 1970s, Brittany has experienced a tremendous revival of its folk music. Along with flourishing traditional forms such as the bombard-biniou...

for her eclectic tastes in the material she records (which has included folk music, country, show tunes, pop music, rock and roll and standards), for...

communities resulted in an exceptionally vital and creative traditional culture. Folk creations (the best known is the ballad Miorița) were the main literary genre...

major music producer, drawing inspiration from church music and traditional folk music, using instruments from England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales...

has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk...

The Alaska Folk Festival is an annual celebration with music from Alaska, the northwestern United States, parts of Canada especially from the Yukon, and...

Russian folk song collections are anthologies compiled to preserve and study the tradition of Russian folk music. Russian folk songs (народные песни, narodnye...

Magician's Quest: Mysterious Times, known in Europe as Enchanted Folk and the School of Wizardry and in Japan as Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (とんがりボウシと魔法の365にち;...

Folk costumes from Podhale region - costumes wear by Highlanders (Gorals) in Polish area of the Tatra Mountains, Podhale region. Unlike other regional...

into Irish traditional music in the mid-1960s by Johnny Moynihan of the folk group Sweeney's Men, who retuned it from its traditional Greek tuning C³F³A³D⁴...

exhibition of folk art, folk artists and folk art environments, with an emphasis on the contemporary". The society publishes a journal, the Folk Art Messenger...

Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that collects, conserves and exhibits folk art, craft, and design. The museum was founded in 1974, and its building...

The Folk Dance of Caucasus (Azerbaijani: Qafqaz Rəqsi) is one of the earliest Russian films. Produced and directed by the pioneer of Azerbaijani cinema...

Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965 and subsequently scored numerous international hit singles...

Magpie is an American folk music duo. Established in 1973 by Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner in Kent, Ohio, the band's repertoire focuses on topical music...

Balfolk (from French: bal folk, meaning a folk ball) is a dance event for folk dance and folk music in a number of European countries, mainly in France...

America and many countries outside the region. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of the nuevo cancionero...

കറുപ്പണ്ണസാമി), is the most prominent guardian deity (kaval deivam) in Tamil folk religion, worshipped primarily in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Sri Lanka, Malaysia...

Naïve physics or folk physics is the untrained human perception of basic physical phenomena. In the field of artificial intelligence the study of naïve...

Turkish folk dances are the folk dances of Turkey. Facing three seas, straddling important trade routes, Turkey has a complex, sophisticated culture, reflected...

Folk Session Inside is an album by the bluegrass band Country Gentlemen, recorded in 1963. This album proved to be the last for bassist Tom Gray. The Bluebirds...

FolkEast is an English music festival which started in 2012 at Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk, England. In 2013, it relocated to Glemham Hall in Little Glemham...

Oar Folkjokeopus (commonly known as Oar Folk) was a Minneapolis record store that operated on the corner of Lyndale Ave and 26th St from 1973 until 2001...

Polish folk dances are a tradition rooted in ten centuries of Polish culture and history. Many of the dances stem from regional customs and historical...

The Calgary Folk Music Festival (also known as "Calgary Folk Fest", or CFMF) is a Canadian music festival held on the fourth weekend of July each year...

Train" is an American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten in the early 20th century, and popularized during the American folk revival and British skiffle...

taken as a folk song in Kirant Rai community. This song can be sung anywhere and by anybody and in anytime.hakpare chham is popular folk song specially...

The New Folk Implosion is the fourth studio album by the Folk Implosion. It was released on iMusic in 2003. In Europe, it was released on Domino Recording...

Swedish folk instruments. The instrumental genre is the biggest one in Sweden. In the 1960s, Swedish youth sparked a roots revival in Swedish folk culture...

Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers in costume...

Croatian dance traditionally refers to a category of folk-dances, the most common being the kolo. Croatian dance varies by region, and can be found in...

recurring event is being considered for merging. › The Portland's Folk Festival is an annual folk music festival in Portland, Oregon, United States. Organized...

Azerbaijani folk music (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Xalq Musiqisi) is folk music produced by Azerbaijanis from the country of Azerbaijan. Apart from the common...

Albanian folk music, Arabic folk music, Balkan folk music, Israeli folk music, Turkish folk music, Greek folk music, Italian folk music, French folk music...

remains a presenter on BBC Radio 2, where he presents the weekly programme The Folk Show. On BBC Radio 6 Music, he co-hosts the weekend breakfast show with Stuart...

songs and many songs not available anywhere else. Their first album, titled Folk Music, was released in early 2006. The single "Round Round" was featured...

tool for folklorists, used along with the Thompson (1932) Motif-Index of Folk-Literature. Austrian consul Johann Georg von Hahn devised a preliminary analysis...

Telugu folk literature is the folk literature of the Telugu language, including poetry and oral literature. It is part of Telugu literature. Telugu is...

Young University International Folk Dance Ensemble is a Brigham Young University (BYU) performing group that performs folk dances from many parts of the...

"Cindy" or "Cindy, Cindy" (Roud 836) is a popular American folk song. According to John Lomax, the song originated in North Carolina.[citation needed]...

"Eagles") is a popular Italo-Albanian folk music group based in Santa Sofia d'Epiro, Calabria, Italy. The folk group was born on initiative of 12 girls...

"Pamulinawen" is a popular old Ilocano folk song possibly from the pre-Spanish era. It is about a girl with a hardened heart. who does not need her lover's...

Italian folk music reflects a long and diverse history. National unification occurred relatively late on the Italian Peninsula, allowing its many hundreds...

of ensemble called a jing ping band. In addition, Dominica's folk tradition includes folk songs called bélé, traditional storytelling called kont, masquerade...

1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American country and folk singer, songwriter, and actor. He was one of the most popular acoustic artists...

The Ozark Folk Center is an Arkansas living history state park located in Mountain View, Arkansas, dedicated to preserving and presenting Ozark cultural...

Folk high schools (also adult education center) are institutions for adult education that generally do not grant academic degrees, though certain courses...

complex folklore phenomena. Folk festivals are generally used to celebrate folk music and traditional folk crafts, and some folk festivals are embodied in...

and urban legends that persist into the digital age. It also incorporates folk music, superstitions, ghost stories, and festival traditions that vary across...

Scottish Folk Tales is a 1976 anthology of 18 fairy tales from Scotland that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long...

others. The folk revival can be considered as a political re-invention of traditional song, a development encouraged by Left-leaning folk record labels...

September 24, 2013 on Sugar Hill. Build Me Up from Bones was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, and its title track was nominated...

traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music and similar names) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. Following the establishment...

Hungarian Folk Tales (Hungarian: Magyar népmesék, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈneːpmɛʃeːk]) is a Hungarian animated series and one of the first and biggest successes...

in English sometimes called powwow or pow-wow, is a system of Christian folk practice originating in the culture of the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 1700s...

Caamp (stylized as CAAMP) is an American folk band from Upper Arlington, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. The band began as a project between childhood friends...

Thai lore. The core of Thai folklore is rooted in Tai folk religion. Until they were recorded, folk beliefs were handed down from one generation to the...

Sam Lee (born 6 July 1980) is a British folk singer and traditional music specialist. His debut album, Ground of its Own, was shortlisted for the 2012...

music being revived. Before 1840, there were limited written sources of folk music in Norway. Originally these historical attainments were believed to...

Sua is a folk song sung by Gond women from the state of Chhattisgarh during the festival of Deepawali. The name 'Sua' comes from the word for 'parrot'...

better known by his stage name Ewan MacColl, was a British folk singer-songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor. Born in England to...

Sods Network in 2016. That year she and her band performed at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. Helm was born in Woodstock, New York, and spent her childhood...

divided into two major categories, high art (classical dance) and low art (folk dance). The term nattasin (Thai: นาฏศิลป์) means "art of the classical Thai...

American singer and songwriter. She began her career performing in several folk and rock bands throughout the 1970s and 1980s before touring with Suzanne...

The Belafonte Folk Singers (originally known as The Belafonte Singers) were a vocal group who were active from 1957 to 1965. They were named after singer...