Folk

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Folk can mean:

  • a specific people, tribe, or nation
  • folklore, stories and traditions told orally.
  • folk art, art done in traditional styles

In music:

  • folk music or folksong, music by and of the common people.
  • folk dance, a 19th century form of dance
  • folk-punk, a genre of music that combines elements of folk and punk rock music
  • folk-rock, a kind of music that is folk music and Rock and Roll mixed together.
  • folk metal, a sub-genre of heavy metal that mixes it with folk music