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What does folk music mean?

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Noun
  1. Any genre of music originating from the ethnic community of a specific region, often passed down through oral tradition, without recorded songwriters and possessing a clear purpose or social function.
  2. Any contemporary music in the style of traditional folk music, especially a specific genre of originally American popular music that draws on Anglo-American musical forms.
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Incorporating various styles of rock, jazz, blues and folk music, the quintet is lead by Matthews on guitar and vocals.
Lowe has been kicking around the British folk music scene long enough to have influenced many of his contemporaries.
The piece is an artful reworking both of Hungarian folk music and Baroque recitative.
Its tranquil moments convey a nostalgic yearning common to Japanese folk music.
I have just experienced a renascent intrerest in the endless variegation of folk music.
Both were fanatical about folk music and Kate imbibed their records of folk, sea shanties and Irish jigs.

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