The term American folk music encompasses numerous music genres, variously known as traditional music, traditional folk music, contemporary folk music, vernacular music, or roots music. Many traditional songs have been sung within the same family or folk group for generations, and sometimes trace back to such origins as the British Isles, Mainland Europe, or Africa Musician Mike Seeger once famously commented that the definition of American folk music is '...all the music that fits between the cracks.'American folk music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American music.[not verified in body] The music is considered American either because it is native to the United States or because it developed there, out of foreign origins, to such a degree that it struck musicologists as something distinctly new. It is considered 'roots music' because it served as the basis of music later developed in the United States, including rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and jazz.
What is considered American folk music?
American folk music is a broad category of music including bluegrass, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Cajun and Native American music.
When was American folk music?
The great folksong revival of the 1940s through 1960s made rural white and African American artists and their music favorites of audiences everywhere.
Who are the American folk music artists?
Bob Dylan ,Joan Baez ,Pete Seeger ,Peter, Paul and Mary ,Emmylou Harris ,Johnny Cash ,Kris Kristofferson ,John Denver
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