Folk music catalogue

2,381 items

The translation is "folk music", but in the Dutch language area it was mainly used for English-language folk music or for the more cultivated form of folk music (a kind of precursor to the singer/songwriter genre). More

Translation is "folk music", but in the Dutch language area it was mainly used for English-language folk music or for the more cultivated form of folk music (a kind of predecessor of the singer/songwriter genre), which we know from Pete Seeger, Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, among others .

Nowadays there are music lovers who understand by folk all folk music (and often not only traditional folk music, but also tearjerkers, for example). This way of classifying music is in line with the aim of classifying music on the basis of more objective standards instead of a classification that is based entirely on a feeling.

Non-English folk music can, in principle, also be classified as "World Music".

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Number of vinyl records and cds

2,381

Number of related items

Oldest item

Song of the Volga Boatmen (1929)