You can break down your genre into a subgenre if necessary. How did you make your decision?

The general consensus seems to be that the band are folk rock or folk rock indie. What do these genres mean?

What is folk music? Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that. Some types of folk music are also called world music.

Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. One meaning often given is that of old songs, with no known composers; another is music that has been transmitted and evolved by a process of oral transmission or performed by custom over a long period of time.

Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached its peak in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk revival music to distinguish it from earlier folk forms. Smaller similar revivals have occurred elsewhere in the world at other times, but the term folk music has typically not been applied to the new music created during those revivals. This type of folk music also includes fusion genres such as folk rock, folk metal, electric folk, and others. While contemporary folk music is a genre generally distinct from traditional folk music, in English it shares the same name, and it often shares the same performers and venues as traditional folk music. Even individual songs may be a blend of the two.

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 the UK around the mid-1960s. The genre was pioneered by the Los Angeles band The Byrds, who began playing traditional folk music and music/lyrics written by Bob Dylan with rock instrumentation, in a style heavily influenced by The Beatles and other British bands.

The term "folk rock" was itself first coined by the U.S. music press to describe The Byrds' music in June 1965, the same month that the band's debut album was issued. The release of The Byrds' cover version of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and its subsequent commercial success initiated the folk rock explosion of the mid-1960s. Dylan himself was also influential on the genre, particularly his recordings with an electric rock band on the Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde albums. Dylan's July 25, 1965 appearance at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric backing band is also considered a pivotal moment in the development of folk rock. In the UK, The Beatles were also influential to the genre with songs such as Im a Loser and Youve got to hide your love away. Simon and Garfunkel are also considered as one of the influential bands to bring folk into popular culture at this time.

Folk Rock

Stylistic origins

Folk, rock, pop Early-mid-1960s, United States and United Kingdom Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, Hammond organ, piano, harmonica, fiddle

Cultural origins

Typical instruments

As we listen to the following songs, make a note of the instruments that you hear and watch for similarities and differences between the different artists.

Bob Dylan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS6DC2w5j5I&list=RD02kSjPWJaw aV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jff6pZJvrWk&list=RD02kSjPWJawaV8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSjPWJawaV8

The Bryds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPqAvgN6Tyw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzUEL7vw60U (Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAl-vZsswb4 (Mumford and Sons, cover of The Boxer)

1. What are the similarities/differences between the folk rock you have listened to on the previous slides?

2. How have Mumford and Sons perhaps modernised the genre?

3. Do you consider that folk rock has become revived due to bands like Mumford and Sons? Who else do you consider to be modern folk rock? Folk music could be considered to have made a huge comeback into the middle of commercial, popular music... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrbM1l_BoI

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/music-hot-trend-folkarticle-1.1256952