folk-rock
Acoustic meets electric
Folk-rock is a music genre blending folk music's acoustic instrumentation and storytelling with rock's electric guitars and driving rhythms.
The style emerged in the mid-1960s when artists like Bob Dylan and the Byrds electrified traditional folk sounds: Their folk-rock sound defined a generation.
The hyphen distinguishes it from folk and rock as separate genres.
Sweeping across guitar strings
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
- twelve-stringGuitar with paired courses
- coffeehouseEstablishment serving brewed beverages
singer-songwriter · balladry · intimacy · warmth · earthy · unamplified · resonance · wooden
Landmark 1969 music festival
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- hippiesCountercultural youth of the sixties
- Summer of Love1967 counterculture convergence
- flower powerNonviolent resistance ideology
Vietnam War · Laurel Canyon · Greenwich Village · protest songs · British Invasion · Monterey Pop · flower children
- The ByrdsSixties folk-rock originators
- Simon & GarfunkelIconic folk rock partnership
- Buffalo Springfield1960s folk-rock supergroup
- DonovanGaelic-origin surname
Joni Mitchell · Neil Young · Joan Baez · Tom Petty · The Band · Cat Stevens · James Taylor
Amplified stringed instrument
- harmonicaHandheld reed wind instrument
- tambourineJingling handheld percussion instrument
- janglyHarshly metallic-sounding
- twelve-stringGuitar with paired courses
Rickenbacker · bass · drums · vocal harmony · chorus · blend · arrangement · melody
Heritage artifacts or music
- alt-countryNon-mainstream roots music
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- worldbeatGlobal folk-pop hybrid
- crossoverGenre-blending work or transition
Direct effort for reform
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- anthemOfficial song of praise
solidarity · injustice · equality · freedom · liberation · social commentary · peace movement · broadside
strumming
Sweeping across guitar strings
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- unpluggedDisconnected from power
- twelve-stringGuitar with paired courses
coffeehouse · singer-songwriter · balladry · intimacy · warmth · earthy · unamplified · resonance · wooden · capo
Woodstock
Landmark 1969 music festival
- countercultureRejection of mainstream values
- hippiesCountercultural youth of the sixties
- Summer of Love1967 counterculture convergence
flower power · Vietnam War · Laurel Canyon · Greenwich Village · protest songs · British Invasion · Monterey Pop · flower children
Bob Dylan
- The ByrdsSixties folk-rock originators
- Simon & GarfunkelIconic folk rock partnership
- Buffalo Springfield1960s folk-rock supergroup
Joni Mitchell · Neil Young · Joan Baez · Donovan · Tom Petty · The Band · Cat Stevens · James Taylor
electric guitar
Amplified stringed instrument
- harmonicaHandheld reed wind instrument
- tambourineJingling handheld percussion instrument
- janglyHarshly metallic-sounding
twelve-string · Rickenbacker · bass · drums · vocal harmony · chorus · blend · arrangement · melody · riff
Americana
Heritage artifacts or music
- alt-countryNon-mainstream roots music
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- worldbeatGlobal folk-pop hybrid
activism
Direct effort for reform
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- antiwarOpposed to armed conflict
- dissentDisagreement with authority
anthem · solidarity · injustice · equality · freedom · liberation · social commentary · peace movement · broadside · political
folk-rockelectronic music
Synthesizer-based musical genre
synthpop · EDM · techno · industrial music · electronic dance music
folk-rockheavy metal
Aggressive amplified rock genre
death metal · thrash metal · hardcore punk · grindcore · noise rock
folk-rocksynth-pop
Synthesizer-based pop music
industrial · futurism · glitch · vaporwave · Detroit techno
rock, folk, folklore, rocking, bedrock, rocker, folksy, rockstar, folksong