Posts Tagged ‘Folk Music’

Does Sweden have a viable folk music audience?

Sunday, December 7th, 2008
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perfink asked:


Do people actually buy folk music? Is it popular enough to be a draw for record companies?

common folk
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Is Ragtime a type of Folk Music?

Thursday, November 13th, 2008
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Ginger asked:


Is Ragtime a type of Folk Music?
I have a music project about folk music and I am trying to figure out what to do. So I thought about ragtime, and now I am wondering if it is folk music or not?

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Contemporary dance songs kind of like Folk music?

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
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Hannah D asked:


Like the acoustic , mellow, Folk like stuff that people make fun of. That is a quote that my dance teacher said and I love the music she listens to and dances to so if you know any please tell me!

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Anybody know any nice 60’s folk music with just the guitar, like the ones with meanings?

Sunday, October 26th, 2008
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DeTeNTiioN asked:


I don’t know how to explain it but the nice slow songs that have meaning to it where theres a guitarist and them singing it, if i could get a list of songs like that plz…

common folk dance
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how did folk music ,the Beatles, and the counterculture movement contribute to this upheaval?

Sunday, September 28th, 2008
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????? asked:


the 1960s has been described as a time of great social upheaval.

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