folk musician
Acoustic ballad singer
A folk musician performs traditional or acoustic music rooted in cultural heritage, typically featuring simple instrumentation like guitar, banjo, or fiddle.
The term covers both preservers of traditional songs and contemporary artists working in folk styles: She started as a folk musician playing coffeehouses before crossing over to rock.
- singerVocal music performer
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- acousticRelating to sound
- finger pickingPlucking strings by hand
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
ballad · fiddle · banjo · songwriter · traditional · roots · bluegrass · harmonica · storyteller · coffeehouse · open mic · protest · protest song · Woody Guthrie · Pete Seeger · Dylan · strumming · authentic