folk rock

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 United States and Canada 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 sound of The Byrds ’ guitarist Roger McGuinn. More…

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