Synonyms of folk song

folk song

noun

as in art song

Synonyms & Similar Words

• art song
• blues
• part-song
• pop
• solo
• chorus
• rocker
• chant
• ballad
• glee
• discant
• shanty
• lullaby
• round
• vocal
• madrigal
• serenade
• aria
• barcarole
• roundelay
• motet
• standard
• chanson
• lyric
• hymn
• croon
• chanty
• psalm
• ditty
• lay
• barcarolle
• drinking song
• fight song
• jingle
• song
• spiritual
• anthem
• descant
• chantey
• carol
• cantata
• chorale
• requiem
• dirge
• canticle
• torch song
• hallelujah
• lament
• paean
• threnody
• noel
• medley
• remix
• cover

Examples of folk song in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The track is based on a folk song recorded several years ago among villagers in central Ukraine, to which the band added drums and synths. —Daria Mitiuk Brendan Hoffman, New York Times, 5 June 2024

Middlebury College Collections on JSTOR Middlebury Colleges shares more than 75,000 items in twenty public collections that include photo negatives, postcards, letters, yearbooks, periodicals, folk songs, and maps on JSTOR. —Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 8 May 2024

Ronstadt had a decades-long career singing everything from rock and country music to Mexican folk songs and opera, with everyone from her early band the Stone Poneys to her Trio sisters Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. —Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024

Balboa became an exercise of fresh new folk songs that Herce recorded in Los Angeles, co-produced alongside Aureo Baqueiro. —Diego Ortiz, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2024