folk singer
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Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan says he has received "very personal" and "nasty" comments after urging organisers of a right-wing protest to stop using his song Yma o Hyd.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
“A Complete Unknown” shrank the frame, capturing Dylan’s emergence as a folk singer and subsequent rupture with the scene that made him a star.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
For local folk singer Lucy Clearwater, it was her sign that moving to L.A. was the right decision for her career.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
Founded in 1992 to rival the Brit Awards, which take place in March, Thursday's Mercury contenders also featured the oldest ever artist to be nominated, 84-year-old folk singer and guitarist Martin Carthy.
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
With his wide face, gray goatee, and merry smile, he resembled, for the moment, an aging folk singer.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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