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ARTICLES RELATED TO Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rock | | | |  Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rock: Encyclopedia II - Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rockThe British style of folk-rock (in its early years, often called electric folk) was established by the band Fairport Convention, who formed in North London in the late 1960s. Steeleye Span, also prominent in this vein, was formed by folk musicians who wished to add electric instruments and experiment with song structures.
Across the English Channel, a similar fusion of folk and rock elements can be found in the Breton folk rock music of Malicorne (1970s) and in some of th ...
See also:Folk-rock, Folk-rock - The roots of folk-rock, Folk-rock - The original folk-rock impulse, Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rock, Folk-rock - Elsewhere in Europe and the Mediterranean, Folk-rock - Folk-rock artists, Folk-rock - Singer-songwriters, Folk-rock - 1960s North American folk-rock vocal groups, Folk-rock - Other U.S. bands of this era, Folk-rock - British and Irish folk-rock, Folk-rock - Other Read more here: » Folk-rock: Encyclopedia II - Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rock |
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| | | | Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rock: Encyclopedia II - Folk-rock - The roots of folk-rock Folk-rock arose mainly from the confluence of three elements: urban/collegiate folk vocal groups, singer-songwriters, and the revival of North American rock and roll after the British Invasion. Of these, the first two owed direct debts to Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and the Popular Front culture of the 1930s.
The first of the urban folk vocal groups was the Almanac Singers, whose shifting membership during the late 1930s and early 1940s included Guthrie and Seeger and Lee Hayes. In 1947 Seeger and Hayes joined Ronnie Gilbert, and Fred ...
See also:Folk-rock, Folk-rock - The roots of folk-rock, Folk-rock - The original folk-rock impulse, Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rock, Folk-rock - Elsewhere in Europe and the Mediterranean, Folk-rock - Folk-rock artists, Folk-rock - Singer-songwriters, Folk-rock - 1960s North American folk-rock vocal groups, Folk-rock - Other U.S. bands of this era, Folk-rock - British and Irish folk-rock, Folk-rock - Other Read more here: » Folk-rock: Encyclopedia II - Folk-rock - The roots of folk-rock |
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| | | | Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rock: Encyclopedia II - Folk-rock - Elsewhere in Europe and the Mediterranean In Romania Transsylvania Phoenix (known in Romania simply as Phoenix), founded in 1962, introduced significant folk elements into their rock music around 1972 in an unsuccessful attempt to compromise with government repression of rock music. The attempt failed, and they ended up in exiled during much of the CeauÅŸescu era, but much of their music still retains a folk-rock sound. The present-day bands Spitalul de UrgenÅ£Ä ...
See also:Folk-rock, Folk-rock - The roots of folk-rock, Folk-rock - The original folk-rock impulse, Folk-rock - British and Celtic folk-rock, Folk-rock - Elsewhere in Europe and the Mediterranean, Folk-rock - Folk-rock artists, Folk-rock - Singer-songwriters, Folk-rock - 1960s North American folk-rock vocal groups, Folk-rock - Other U.S. bands of this era, Folk-rock - British and Irish folk-rock, Folk-rock - Other Read more here: » Folk-rock: Encyclopedia II - Folk-rock - Elsewhere in Europe and the Mediterranean |
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