Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that. Some types of folk music are also called world music.

Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, or as music with unknown composers. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. One meaning often given is that of old songs, with no known composers; another is music that has been transmitted and evolved by a process of oral transmission or performed by custom over a long period of time.

Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk revival music to distinguish it from earlier folk forms. Smaller similar revivals have occurred elsewhere in the world at other times, but the term folk music has typically not been applied to the new music created during those revivals. This type of folk music also includes fusion genres such as folk rock, folk metal, electric folk, and others. While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, in English it shares the same name, and it often shares the same performers and venues as traditional folk music. Even individual songs may be a blend of the two.

Joni Mitchell

Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell, CC (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter. Mitchell's work is highly respected by critics, and she has deeply influenced fellow musicians in a diverse range of genres. Rolling Stone has called her "one of the greatest songwriters ever", and AllMusic has stated, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century". Her lyrics are noted for their developed poetics, addressing social and environmental ideals alongside personal feelings of romantic longing, confusion, disillusion, and joy.

Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto. In 1965, she moved to the United States and began touring. Some of her original songs ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides, Now", "The Circle Game") were covered by folk singers, allowing her to sign with Reprise Records and record her debut album in 1968. Settling in Southern California, Mitchell, with popular songs like "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Woodstock", helped define an era and a generation. Her 1971 recording Blue was rated the 30th best album ever made in Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Mitchell switched labels and began moving toward jazz rhythms by way of lush pop textures on 1974's Court and Spark, her best-selling LP, featuring the radio hits "Help Me" and "Free Man in Paris".

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Jodhpur, Oct 15 (IANS) Call it the influence of western music or the attraction towards Bollywood, the popularity of folk music is fading away ... At the ongoing Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) 2016, being held amid the rustic environs of the Mehrangarh Fort here, IANS met the 81-year-old, who was one of the hosts of a storytelling session at the event, and discussed about how folk music could be preserved for future....

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While at the University of Minnesota, he graduated from rock ’n’ roll to a deep study of American folk music traditions. the communist folk of ‘dust bowl troubadour’ Woody Guthrie, the standards of The Great American Songbook, Robert Johnson’s Delta Blues ... Over 30 more albums, he explored Nashville country, and English and Irish folk music ... Transcending pop music ... music writers....

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An issue that troubles elderly Sher Bahadur Khatri of Khagenkot VDC-6 is the gradual decline of traditional folk culture and practices during Dashain festivities in the district ... So has the Sigaru folk dance that was the hallmark of the festival,” Khatri bemoaned ... Traditional musical instruments used to be played back then, but now the audio players have taken their place,” she said....

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