Electric folk

Riptide, by Vance Joy, is filled with metaphors, which tell the tale of someone they love running towards danger. Vance Joy writes indie folk music, a mix between traditional folk, country, and rock music. This song can be used as entertainment and as human expression. The reason I find this song comfortable is due to the memories and feelings that I associate to the song. This piece is comfortable to me by reminding me of a more uncomfortable and nervous time in my life. I spent a semester in

Chinese folk songs are again utilized in the Chinese story of Yellow Earth. Like in Street Angel, music is tied not only to the Chinese story of the human experience, but the human as well, specifically of women. Folk music in this film is dually important to the Chinese story and the human story of women’s oppression. Like in Street Angel, Chinese folk music is Chinese due to the historical context of traditional folk music. But unlike in Street Angel, the songs in Yellow Earth are specific

American Folk Music Revival of the 1960s The 1960s is considered to be one of the worst decade in American and world history. The whole world was going through adversities, with wars taking place in several countries, civil rights protests taking place in southern states, and a president assassination taking place in Dallas, Texas. While the world was facing these tragic, horrifying events, the music world was developing a new type of music genre: folk music. Music artists from the American Folk Music

who grew crops and raised cattle. Ever since the village was established it was divided into four main groups. The fire district, the lightning district, the village folk, and the All Mighty’s. Mostly all lived in placidity until one day. It was December and the day was arctic. The wind blew rapidly and incoherently as the village folk worked on the crops and attend to their many cattle. Then, something commenced falling from the empyrean...it was snowing. Customarily this

The tale could also be seen as a folk tale, set in a realistic setting with real people, but the events are skewed and not quite right. The epic accomplishes the first possible intention through its many characters, the use known locations, and basing the majority of the tale around two individual families that would have been well known around the time it was written. However, the tale is not entirely accurate, which strengthens the idea that it was more of a folk tale. Throughout the epic the

who grew crops and raised cattle. Ever since the village was established it was divided into four main groups. The fire district, the lightning district, the village folk, and the All Mighty’s. Mostly all lived in peace until one day. It was December and the day was cold. The wind blew rapidly and incoherently as the village folk worked on the crops and attend to their many cattle. Then, something started falling from the sky...it was snowing. Normally this isn’t a big deal,

The band Mumford and Sons can be credited with the fairly recent rise in the popularity of folk rock music. Their raw and emotional experiences expressed in the form of song, with the use of banjos, guitars, an upright bass, drums, piano, and mandolin give them a sound that no other band can seem to duplicate. Mumford and Sons were formed in 2007 in West London. The members of the band include Marcus Mumford, who is the lead vocalist, he plays the guitar, drums, and mandolin. Ben Lovett does vocals

Irish folk music such as the Dubliners, Paul Brady, and the Clancy Brothers. Avicii is a Swedish artist who has a few songs that I enjoy. But all in all there is not too much international music that I listen too. The music that I listen to comes from many genres. For example Bon Iver who are an indi folk group. In particular I like the song “Skinny Love” by them. A young English musician called Birdy has a cover of that Bon Iver song that I enjoy as well. I also enjoy Irish Folk music.

Simon and Garfunkel was a folk-rock duo that was a part of the 1960’s folk revival. Their music evokes certain elements from the folk tradition, including the use of the strophic form and certain themes, such as family, love, and loss. These themes were very important to the folk tradition because it was the reason and rhyme behind these songs. As a short example, the song called, The Boxer, released in 1969, stands out as an allegory for Paul Simon’s life. (Enders, 379) However, the element that

write and folk music in college. While attending the University of Minnesota, Bob Dylan played folk music in Coffee houses and attracted a bohemian crowd that was trying make changes in american society. The uproar was that his music was part of a movement and to change to a music genre that was mainstream and commercial, and abandon his political folk music was devastating to the war and civil rights movement. Some fans even tried to rename him Judas. Bob Dylan was no longer a folk artist, but