folk rock

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folk′ rock′, 

1. Music, Music and Dance a style of music combining characteristics of rock-'n'-roll and folk music, often exemplified by protest songs to a rock-'n'-roll beat, and at its height of popularity in the late 1960s.

Also, folk′-rock′. 

• folk + rock² 1965–70

folk′-rock′er, n. 

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folk-rock noun

1. a style of rock music influenced by folk, including traditional material arranged for electric instruments