Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Folk-pop incorporates the sounds of the acoustic guitar and banjo of traditional folk music and combines it with the more electronic and synth beats of today's pop genre. [1] The folk genre is recognized for its simple melodies, story-telling nature, and cultural themes and messages, while pop music is recognized by a repetitive but catchy chorus and fast-paced tempos.
Borthwick, Stuart, & Moy, Ron (2004) Popular Music Genres: An Introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Fabbri, Franco (1982) A Theory of Popular Music Genres: Two Applications. In Popular Music Perspectives, edited by David Horn and Philip Tagg, 52–81. Göteborg and Exeter: A. Wheaton & Co., Ltd.
Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are to a distinct group of people and with characteristics undiluted by contact with the music of other peoples; thus, the folk music traditions described herein overlap in ...
Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk revival music to distinguish it from earlier folk forms. [1]
Chalga (Bulgarian: чалга; often referred to as pop-folk, short for "popular folk" or ethno-pop, short for "ethnic pop") [2] [3] is a Bulgarian pop-folk music genre. Chalga or pop-folk is essentially a folk-inspired dance music genre, [4] with a blend of Bulgarian music (Bulgarian ethno-pop genre) [5] and also primary influences from Greek, Serbian, Turkish and Arabic, as well as American ...
Folk-pop (4 C, 1 P) R. Folk rock (9 C, 3 P) S. Skiffle (4 C, 3 P) Songs about agriculture (1 C) T. Traditional music (10 C, 49 P) Pages in category "Folk music genres"
Folk music [1] is one of the major divisions of music, now often divided into traditional folk music and contemporary folk music.There are many styles of folk music, all of which can be classified into various traditions, generally based around some combination of ethnic, religious, tribal, political or geographic boundaries.
Sunshine pop originated in California in the mid to late-1960s, [4] beginning as an outgrowth of the California Sound [3] and folk rock movements. [5] Rooted in easy-listening, advertising jingles, and the growing drug culture, [1] the music was characterized by lush vocals and light arrangements similar to samba music. [2]