Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music.
In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the UK around the mid-1960s. The sound was epitomized by tight vocal harmonies and a relatively "clean" (effects- and distortion-free) approach to electric instruments epitomized by the jangly 12-string sound of the...
Folk rock
Musical genre
Subgenres:
- Paisley Underground
- Glam rock
- Psychedelic rock
- Jam band
- Garage rock
- Neofolk
- Celtic rock
- Folktronica
- Folk metal
- Viking metal
Artists:
- Dan Zanes
- The Black Swans
- The Mountain Goats
- Four to the Bar
- Cosmic Rough Riders
- The Bluehorses
- Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Steve Carlson
- Clann Zú
- Weddings Parties Anything
Albums:
- The Divine Comedy
- Asking for Trouble
- The Swing
- The Movie
- Windows and Walls
- Watercolor Monster
- Blood on the Tracks
- Songs of Love and Hate
- Careful What You Wish For
- Death of a Ladies' Man