folk music
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“Our Common Life” is a valuable document, a significant addition to the history of folk music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Four times during the course of a nearly three-hour set of 27 songs — that included gospel, rock and Woody Guthrie-inspired American folk music — Springsteen stopped the show and spoke directly to the audience.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
But as negotiations began behind closed doors half a kilometre away, all the world's media could do was wait -- and sip on an expertly brewed coffee while listening to live eastern folk music.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
If hip-hop is the folk music of the post-industrial age, then Slick Rick is it's Woody Guthrie.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
He found stimulus in Anglo-Celtic folk music instead.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
