folk singer
noun
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variants:
or less commonly folksinger
or folk-singer
Definition of folk singer
: one who sings folk songs or sings in a style associated with folk songs
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Other Words from folk singer
folk singing
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By The Book, 2342 Bissonnet Details: murderbooks.com Dylan LeBlanc Country-folk singer-songwriter, Dylan Le and his longtime band The Pollies will perform at White Oak in support of his recently released new album, Renegade. — Houston Chronicle, "The Go List: Sad Summer Festival, Felipe Esparza," 3 July 2019 The great folk singer and champion of the people Pete Seeger, with a wee bit of sarcasm, used to tell union members not to waste their pity for the scab taking the side of the bosses during a strike. — Renee Diresta, WIRED, "Seeing Through Silicon Valley’s Shameless ‘Disruption’," 28 July 2019 Ever the trickster, Dylan in the Rolling Thunder Revue was many things: folk singer, songwriter, rock star, bandleader, protester, actor, ringmaster, caballero, hero, joker. — Jon Pareles, New York Times, "Bob Dylan’s Glam Hootenanny: Returning to Rolling Thunder," 5 June 2019 Roche, the daughter of Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III and singer-songwriter Suzzy Roche, is the half-sister of singer-songwriters Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright. — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, "Ani DiFranco, Oberlin grad Lucy Wainwright Roche will put songwriting in the spotlight at Cain Park show," 7 June 2019 Denyes is a folk singer and songwriter who writes songs that make children laugh, think, sing, dance, clap and stomp their feet. — Ramona Sentinel, "Our Town Calendar of Events: June 6-12," 5 June 2019 Here, a few museum shows to keep on your radar this March and April, from celebrations of pioneering female artists, to a sprawling, multimedia tribute to the late folk singer Leonard Cohen. — Marley Marius, Vogue, "From Sally Mann to Jacopo Tintoretto, 7 Art Exhibitions You Won't Want to Miss This Spring," 1 Mar. 2019 The American folk singer Tim Hardin nearly joined up at one point. — David Renard, New York Times, "Can Was 40 Years Ahead of Its Time. A New Book Helps Us Catch Up.," 12 June 2018 My Story’ that was inspired and influenced by the travel, meeting with gospel choirs, folk singers, and musicians, jazz, Gloria and Emilio Estefan in Miami. — Karen Bliss, Billboard, "Aloe Blacc on 'America's Musical Journey' Doc, His Forthcoming Album & Unreleased Songs With Avicii," 20 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'folk singer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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folksinger
noun
folk·sing·er
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Kids Definition of folksinger
: a person who sings songs (
folk songs
) created by and long sung among the common people