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Meaning of "folk-rock" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOLK-ROCK

folk-rock play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOLK-ROCK

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Folk-Rock is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FOLK-ROCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

folk-rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music.[1] In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s.[2] The genre was pioneered by the Los Angeles band The Byrds, who began playing traditional folk music and Bob Dylan-penned material with rock instrumentation, in a style heavily influenced by The Beatles and other British bands.[3][4] The term "folk rock" was itself first coined by the U.S. music press to describe The Byrds' music in June 1965, the same month that the band's debut album was issued.[5][6] The release of The Byrds' cover version of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and its subsequent commercial success initiated the folk rock explosion of the mid-1960s.[7][8] Dylan himself was also influential on the genre, particularly his recordings with an electric rock band on the Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde albums.[8] Dylan's July 25, 1965 appearance at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric backing band is also considered a pivotal moment in the development of folk rock.

Definition of folk-rock in the English dictionary

The definition of folk-rock in the dictionary is a style of rock music influenced by folk, including traditional material arranged for electric instruments.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOLK-ROCK

folk memory
folk music
folk singer
folk singing
folk song
folk story
folk tale
folk weave
folk wisdom
folk-dance
Folkestone
Folketing
folkie
folkies
folkish
folkishness
folkland
folklife
folklike
folklore

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOLK-ROCK

alt-rock
bedrock
brock
cock-of-the-rock
country rock
crock
desert rock
frock
glam rock
Gyprock
hard rock
hardrock
jazz rock
moon rock
post-rock
progressive rock
punk rock
rock
shamrock
Thurrock

Synonyms and antonyms of folk-rock in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «folk-rock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOLK-ROCK

Find out the translation of folk-rock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of folk-rock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «folk-rock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

民谣摇滚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

folk-rock
570 millions of speakers

English

folk-rock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लोक रॉक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشعبية الصخور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фолк-рок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

folk-rock
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লোক-শিলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

folk-rock
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Folk-rock
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Folk-Rock
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フォークロック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

민속 바위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Folk-rock
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

folk-rock
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நாட்டுப்புற ராக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोक-रॉक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

folk rock
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

folk-rock
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

folk -rock
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фолк - рок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

folk -rock
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

folk-rock
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

folk -rock
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

folk -rock
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

folk-rock
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of folk-rock

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The term «folk-rock» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.225 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about folk-rock

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2 QUOTES WITH «FOLK-ROCK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word folk-rock.
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Al Stewart
There's room in the world for one historical folk-rock singer to make a decent living, and I happen to be it.
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Ann Wilson
Fleetwood Mac are more like a folk-rock band.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLK-ROCK»

Discover the use of folk-rock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to folk-rock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eight Miles High: Folk-rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to ...
Eight Miles High documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through the end of the decade.
Richie Unterberger, 2003
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Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-rock Revolution
A portrait of folk rock cites its role as a vehicle for musical and social change, chronicling its evolution in the 1960s while profiling its major contributors and milestones, such as Bob Dylan, the Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, the Newport ...
Richie Unterberger, 2002
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Electric Folk : The Changing Face of English Traditional ...
Despite its initial negative connotation, the American expression “folk rock” soon started to encompass two relatively neutral meanings: (a) a style that combined acoustic and electric instruments (but not necessarily for the interpretation of ...
Rostock Britta Sweers Junior Professor College of Music and Theater, 2004
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Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's ...
While singers like Dylan and Baez were leading the U.S. folk revival— and would give folk rock much of its gentle poetic influence—there were two events that really provided the movement with its push towards electric rock music. The first ...
Pete Prown, Harvey P. Newquist, Jon F. Eiche, 1997
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Rock and Roll: Gold Rush
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” – Bob Dylan, #39, 5- 65. Is this the iconoclastic 16-bar blues that launched the Folk Rock movement? Bobby Zimmerman of icy Hibbing, Minnesota, drifted down a dusty road, and adopted the craggy delivery of ...
Maury Dean, 2003
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Encyclopedia of Music in the 20th Century
Lol Henderson, Lee Stacey. FOLK ROCK Folk rock developed in the mid-19605 as a fusion of musical elements from folk and rock. From folk, it adopted lyrics with a serious social message, close vocal harmonising, and tuneful melodies; from ...
Lol Henderson, Lee Stacey, 2014
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Folk
folk-rock. The enormous success of the Beatles in early 1964 changed the American popular music scene, literally overnight. Folk musicians—particularly those who were working in KINGSTON TRIO/CHAD MITCHELL TRIO–type popular folk ...
Richard Carlin, Ronald Cohen, 2005
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Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: Popular Music and the ...
term "folk rock" quickly became an anachronism used only by the unhip. However , from the point of view of cultural accreditation, folk rock was a decisive event in the history of rock 'n' roll. For it ushered in a complex array of modernist ...
Bernard Gendron, 2002
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Folk Music: The Basics
eleCTRIC FOLK Those who followed the path of electric folk were mostly steeped in traditional British folk music rather than American blues. “The various streams of folk-rock in Britain have been the product of this search within folk for themes, ...
Ronald D. Cohen, 2006
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Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
See also Country Music Recordings; Folk Rock; Rock Music Recordings JEFF PLACE. FOLK. ROCK. Folk rock fused the commercial folk tradition of the early 1960s with the rock songcraft and sound best exemplified by the Beatles. Its most  ...
Frank Hoffmann, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLK-ROCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term folk-rock is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jonatha Brooke brings new songs to Bend
While her initial folk-rock sound has grown poppier over the years, she's found ways to throw her audience curve balls. In 2008, she released ... «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
2
Said the Whale, Richard Thompson, Lucius headline Vancouver …
These Minnesotan 'bluegrass-folk-rock' boys may have the quirkiest name of the festival, but they're no lightweights. Their high-energy live ... «Vancity Buzz, Jul 15»
3
Back to church for folk songwriting legend
Hailed as a key figure in the folk-rock scene, Steve's 10 albums of original songs showcase his ability to meld tradition and innovation and write ... «Wigan Today, Jul 15»
4
Sea Perry creates big sound for threepiece | Sudbury Star
... (drums), Shawn Fisher (bass) and Chris Milligan (guitar, vocals) formed the Sudbury-based folk-rock band about two-and-a-half years ago. «The Sudbury Star, Jul 15»
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North Meets South will perform at Depot in Norman | News OK
... ABBA, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Charlie Parker, Chet Atkins and Metallica, into a unique sound that is folk-rock, Americana, country and blues. «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
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Larry and His Flask to play Crawfest in Powell Butte
The switch helped put the band at the forefront of the modern folk-rock movement — though the transition wasn't easy at first. “When we were ... «Bend Bulletin, Jul 15»
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River Whyless To Bring Folk-Rock Sound To Riverside Park
Roswell's Riverside Sounds concert series will continue on Saturday with experimental folk-rock band River Whyless. The next installment of ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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Rock um Knuedler. Sunday: Rocking the Knuedler for the 25th time!
This year you'll be treated to the likes of IRINA a folk-rock act, Seed to Tree the indie-folk group complete with a brass and strings section, Porn ... «Luxemburger Wort - English Edition, Jul 15»
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Dawes pumped to play Winnipeg Folk Fest main stage
Los Angeles folk-rock band Dawes have their fans—a lot of them, in fact. But lead singer and main songwriter Taylor Goldsmith is comfortable ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
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California musicians bring relaxed vibe to this year's Winnipeg Folk …
It's no secret that California -- and southern California, specifically -- has a rich folk-rock history, with some of the biggest icons of the genre ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Folk-Rock [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/folk-rock>. May 2024 ».
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