folk music
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The surge in folk music with a political edge in the 1960s, led by performers such as Dylan and Tom Paxton, brought Mr. Lightfoot back to the United States.
From Washington Post
Morris dancing involves performers - often wearing hats and bells on their legs - wielding handkerchiefs, sticks or swords, to the accompaniment of folk music.
From BBC
Pakistan is a conservative Muslim nation where fundamentalists often target musicians for what they see as blasphemy, despite the country’s rich history of devotional Sufi and folk music.
From Washington Post
He was the first Black man to win a Tony Award on Broadway, for his interpretation of American and Caribbean folk music in the 1953 revue “John Murray Anderson’s Almanac.”
From Washington Post
It began, of course, with the songs, actual folk music.
From New York Times
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