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folk rock

 
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–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 + rock 2

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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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folk rock

hybrid musical style that emerged in the United States and Britain in the mid-1960s.

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