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The term folk rock was coined in the June 12, 1965, issue of the American music magazine Billboard by the journalist Eliot Siegel. Siegel used the term principally to describe the music of the Byrds, [6] who had issued their debut album in the U.S. that month.
folk rock, hybrid musical style that emerged in the United States and Britain in the mid-1960s. As the American folk music revival gathered momentum in the 1950s and ’60s, it was inevitable that a high-minded movement that prided itself on the purity of its acoustic instrumentation and its separation from the commercial pop mainstream would ...
- Stephen Holden
Aug 5, 2018 · Folk Rock was born in the 1960s when artists like Bob Dylan & the Band, and the Byrds - undoubtedly two of the biggest frontrunners of the evolution of the genre - began to respond to the British Invasion of creative rock bands like The Beatles and The Who, using their folk influences.
Jul 10, 2020 · In the 80s and 90s the rise of Celtic rock with Runrig and others, and punk folk with the Oyster Band kept the folk rock flames ablaze. And while Fairport Convention no longer leave rock audiences aghast, they invariably sell out their annual festival in the village of Cropredy, near Banbury.
- Hugh Fielder
British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s.
Jun 1, 2024 · Folk rock music is a genre that emerged in the mid-1960s, blending elements of traditional folk music with rock and roll. It marked a significant evolution in both the folk and rock music scenes, combining acoustic instrumentation, storytelling lyrics, and the electric energy of rock music.
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Jul 12, 2020 · Celtic folk bands reacted to the onset of folk rock in the 70s by sharpening up their ideas and arrangements, but in truth they rarely rocked. One who did were Horslips from Dublin who took Irish legends as their source material and called themselves “a traditional Irish rock band”.
