Folk music — Folk song redirects here. For other uses, see Folk song (disambiguation). Folk music Béla Bartók recording Slovak peasant singers in 1908 Traditions List of folk music traditions … Wikipedia
folk music — 1. music, usually of simple character and anonymous authorship, handed down among the common people by oral tradition. 2. music by known composers that has become part of the folk tradition of a country or region. [1885 90] * * * Music held to be … Universalium
Cunning folk in Britain — A model of a nineteenth century cunning woman in her house, at the Museum of Witchcraft, Boscastle in England. The cunning folk in Britain were professional or semi professional practitioners of magic active from the Medieval period through to… … Wikipedia
Windham Hill Records — Infobox Company company name = Windham Hill Records company company slogan = vector company type = Private Subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment genre = Folk music World music Acoustic music New Age music foundation = 1976 founder = William… … Wikipedia
American folk music revival — The American folk music revival was a phenomenon in the United States in the 1950s to mid 1960s. Its roots went earlier, of course, since traditional folk music has thousands of years of history, and performers like Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, and… … Wikipedia
Columbia Records — This article is about the American record label active worldwide except in Japan. For the Columbia Records label which was a unit of EMI, see Columbia Graphophone Company. For the Columbia Records label in Japan, see Nippon Columbia. Columbia… … Wikipedia
Nonesuch Records discography — This is a Nonesuch Records discography, organized by catalog number. Contents 1 Catalog number legend 2 Discography 2.1 Nonesuch 2.2 Explorer Series … Wikipedia
Folkways Records — is a record label that documents folk and world music. It is owned by the Smithsonian Institution.HistoryThe Folkways Records Service Co. was founded by Moses Asch and Marian Distler in 1948 in New York City. Asch sought to record and document… … Wikipedia
Cube Records — was launched on 26 May 1972 by independent music publisher David Platz, and was based at his UK offices for Essex Music. History Platz had entered the arena of record production in the early 1960s, and having had a string of hits by licensing… … Wikipedia
The Highwaymen (folk band) — For the country supergroup, see The Highwaymen (country supergroup). The Highwaymen were a circa 1960 collegiate folk group, which originated at Wesleyan University and had a Billboard number one hit in 1961 with Michael and another Top 20 hit in … Wikipedia
