folk song

noun

: a traditional or composed song typically characterized by stanzaic form, refrain, and simplicity of melody

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Eric Rojas The album is a breathtaking balancing act, a succession of history lessons tucked inside airtight reggaeton, synth-pop, and folk songs. —

Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025 The troupe performs a genre of traditional Korean opera in the folk song style known as pansori, derived from two Korean words, pan, referring to a place where people gather and sori or song. —

Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024 The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, focuses on Dylan’s early 1960s transition from idiosyncratic singer of folk songs to internationally renowned singer-songwriter. —

The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 16 Jan. 2025 The pic charts the relationship between two young men who meet in 1916 and travel together to record the folk songs of their countrymen in rural New England. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for folk song