History of folk rock

As our genre is now chosen and this is what we will be using, I felt it would be a good idea to now do some research into the genre and also, find out more about it so that we can choose the correct song choice etc.

History of folk rock

instruments

Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, drums, Hammond organ, piano, harmonica, fiddle

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music.

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 Bob Dylan-penned material 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 1965, the same month that the band's debut album was issued.

The genre had its antecedents in the American folk music revival, the beat music of The Beatles and other British Invasion bands, The Animals' hit recording of the folk song "The House of the Rising Sun", and the folk-influenced songwriting of The Beau Brummel’s.

In particular, the folk-influence evident in such Beatles' songs as "I'm a Loser" and "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" was very influential on folk rock.

Musically, the genre was typified by clear vocal harmonies and a relatively "clean" (effects- and distortion-free) approach to electric instruments, as epitomized by the jangly 12-string guitar sound of The Byrds. This jangly guitar sound was derived from the music of The Searchers and from George Harrison's use of a Rickenbacker 12-string on The Beatles' recordings during 1964 and 1965.*

folk rock is also seen today in artists like Mumford and sons,the Lumineers and the Maccabees. these artists are gaining lots of fans recently and is hitting the charts again and being more well known than it has been for many years. The groups all use these types of instruments and provide a smooth melody and make very catchy songs and also, very meaningful songs also.

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Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s from singer/songwriters in the indie rock community influenced by the folk music scenes of the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, country music and indie rock.

A few early artists included Lou Barlow, Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith. The genre is commonly related to freak folk, psych folk, baroque pop and New Weird America. The genre has seen significant growth since from the early 2000s, beginning with acts such as Bright Eyes, Beirut, Bon Iver, The Avett Brothers, Arthur & Yu, Fleet Foxes, The Decemberists, Iron & Wine, Okkervil River, Manel, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Noah and the Whale, The Mountain Goats, Cloud Control, Boy & Bear and others*.

*I used wikipedia to find this information and also other websites and my own knowledge along with my fellow members in my group to fin this out .