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folk rock
–noun
a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.
Also, folk-rock.

[Origin: 1965–70; folk + rock2]

—Related forms
folk-rocker, noun
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folk-rock or folk rock   (fōk'rŏk')
n.   A variety of popular music combining elements of rock 'n' roll and folk music.

folk'-rock' adj.
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