Electric folk

Folk Rock music is my favorite genre to listen to, such as the Lumineers, Mumford and Sons, and Judah and the Lion. Folk Rock music is a blend between folk music that is blended with rock and pop; it was created in the 1960’s when it started out with two different artists, Bob Dylan & the Band, and the Byrd’s. The folk revival of the 1960s is often the starting point of fascination with the style for many contemporary folk fans. One big effect of the '60s folk revival was that it marked the beginning

“authentic” or “traditional” to that specific subgroup or culture. The history of Balinese dance-drama Kecak shows that the word “traditional”, in reference to music, is not concrete. This is demonstrated in the United States with the authentic blue grass folk music transformed into a modern approach of country music. The dance-drama Kecak is not in a sense authentic to the Balinese culture. It is customary for dances to be accompanied by the instrumental music of the gamelan. The Kecak however, is set

of this folk revival, reflects this individualist style of political folk songs, but the degree and subject of political conviction seems to be less important to him than the expression of emotion, and a certain identification of himself as being political. This is readily apparent in his work from the 1963 album “The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”. Two of his great early political forays, “Blowin in the Wind” and “Masters of War”, play in quite nicely with the notion that this generation of folk artists

writer and artist and for he has been reigning the pop culture and music for the past fifty years. His recording career spanning about fifty years, has explored the gamut of song traditions, from American folk, blues, country to gospel, rock and roll, rockabilly to English, Scottish, and Irish folk music, jazz and the Great American Songbook The Nobel Prize became a golden feather in his crown of achievements which is already adorned with 11 Grammys, an Academy Award, a Pulitzer citation and a Presidential

Regarding significant musical movements in history, more specifically the twenty first century, few were more important than the folk revolution that took shape in the mid-nineteen hundreds. One of the leaders of this revolution was Robert Allen Zimmerman, known by his popular assumed name, Bob Dylan. Born in 1941 in Minnesota, Dylan grew up the grandchild of Jewish-Russian immigrants and had a surprisingly unexceptional childhood. His interest in music became evident in his high school

A History of Protest Music – Revolutionary War to the 1960s Protest music in the United States dates back to the 19th century. This protest music focused around subjects that were topical for the time period. Among these topics were the Civil War. Another topic was slavery, and its abolition. A final topic was women’s suffrage. A famous group of protest singers was the Hutchinson Family Singers. Their notoriety, which spanned the mid-19th century, began in 1839. Their songs about abolition were

yellow hair, becoming in depth with the guitar as if it was bonding with him with every note that he played. Finally with a wave of his arms and down he brought his arms like a hammer coming down. Cobain would destroy a perfectly working condition electric guitar. With every swing it was as if blood lust ran through his eye’s as a wild man hallucinating in the wilderness. Reason explaining why such action take place, are answers unknown. Reason for such actions to be done with destructive instruments

as two catalysts that can elevate the human condition by lifting spirits and undermining subordination” (Reds 10). The 1960s were a time in American history that by many can be described as chaotic. A time in history where folk music was revived, also called contemporary folk, and seeked to challenge the racial boundaries in America. A time in which Pop and Rock music revealed the discontent of the young American generation towards the Vietnam war, established institutions, and middle class values

What makes Folk music the White Elephant of the Age? Folk music is a genre that is not listened to widely today, this alone shows how oxymoronic the genre is to itself not alone in comparison to other genres of the age. Folk music of the mid-20th century is different from all other popular music like Rock n Roll; Folk Music is a fusion of traditional music like American Indian Music to Blues, while Rock n Roll is a fusion of music associated with the lower class like Rhythm and Blues, White Country

Home). Dylan, on the other hand, was interested in music, and fiddled around on an electric guitar for a bit until he discovered folk music: “The first thing that turned me on to folksinging was Odetta. I heard a record of hers in a record store…Right then and there, I traded my electric guitar and amplifier for an acoustical guitar…[Her first album] was just something vital and personal” (McCombe). Without Odetta, folk music would have never entered Dylan’s life, and when it did, he was moved by it