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hybrid musical style that emerged in the United States and Britain in the mid-1960s. |
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form of popular music that emerged in the 1950s. |
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Rock criticism was born at that moment in the mid-1960s when rock and roll ceased to be “mere” dance music for teenagers and acquired a sense of itself as art. In the wake of Bob Dylan, bands such as the Beatles and the Byrds began to write lyrics susceptible to exegesis. Founded in 1966 by editor Paul Williams, Crawdaddy! was the first magazine devoted to the notion of ...
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| > | art rock
eclectic branch of rock music that emerged in the late 1960s and flourished in the early to mid-1970s. The term is sometimes used synonymously with progressive rock, but the latter is best used to describe “intellectual” album-oriented rock by such British bands as Genesis, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, and Yes. The term art rock is best used to describe either classically ...
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| > | Rock festivals
Rock festivals had their origin in the jazz festivals held in Newport, Rhode Island, and in Monterey, California, in the 1950s. As the folk music revival spread in the early 1960s, the Newport Festival added a folk component, which gave birth to other folk festivals across the country. When the 1965 Newport Folk Festival allowed the Paul Butterfield Blues Band to play and ...
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| Modern Role
from the folk music article
With the disappearance of many traditional rural folk communities in the countries of the industrialized West, some folk-music traditions have also quite understandably been lost. However, despite all of this, folk music in various forms has continued to play a role in modern society. In modern industrialized nations like the United States it often helps ethnic, ...
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| Chapman, Tracy
(born 1964), African American singer and songwriter. For a folksinger who performed in blue jeans and sneakers and disdained onstage theatrics, Tracy Chapman experienced such phenomenal success after her 1988 debut it astonished the music industry and helped fuel an unexpected resurgence of folk music.
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| Winwood, Steve
(born 1948), British singer and songwriter. A member of the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith who later forged a successful solo career, Steve Winwood was considered one of Britain's foremost rhythm and blues vocalists. Beginning in the mid-1960s, he wrote and performed a wide array of hits that combined blues, folk, rock, pop, and jazz.
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| Jefferson Airplane
In its original incarnation, U.S. band the Jefferson Airplane epitomized the 1960s San Francisco music scene with its psychedelic-tinged folk-rock. Despite a constantly changing lineup of members and shifts in musical direction under the names Jefferson Starship and Starship, the group proved to be one of the most successful and durable acts in rock.
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| Korbut, Olga
(born 1955), Soviet gymnast who won two gold medals and a silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany. Her performances in the Olympics also helped the Soviet Union win gold medals in the team competitions in 1972 and again in 1976 at the Summer Games in Montreal, Que.
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| > | Sandy Denny: Forthington
Tribute to Sandy Denny, one of England's premier vocalists in the late 1960's folk rock scene. Features a discography, lyrics, and a brief biography.
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| > | Harmony Ridge Music
California-based business house dedicated to female singer songwriters representing a variety of music genres including alternative, blues, country, folk, rock, and world. Includes biographical information and discography of numerous women musicians, and facilitates purchase of new and used albums.
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| > | Crosby, Still, Nash, and Young
Official site for this folk rock group that has been recording and performing together on and off since the early 1970s. Features biographical information, a discography, tour dates, and news. Also includes a family tree showing all the groups the various members have been involved in.
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| > | David Broza
Information on the Jewish folk/rock singer/songwriter. Includes a biography, sound clips, a discography, and photos.
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| > | Ani DiFranco
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Information on this American folk-rock fusion singer and songwriter. Includes biography, discography, album reviews, and news releases.
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| > | Folk Music: Its Origins in the United States( 00:46)
British and African influences were the most dominant on American folk music.
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| > | Rock Cycle: Weathering Rock(1:29)
Weathering causes rocks to erode into strange and interesting formations.
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| > | Rock Cycle: From Sedimentary Rock to Metamorphic Rock(1:12)
Metamorphic rock is sedimentary rock that has been subjected to pressure and heat.
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| > | Rock Cycle: Type of Igneous Rock(2:06)
Find out how geologists identify and classify types of igneous rock.
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| > | Rock Cycle: Chemical Weathering of Rock( 00:54)
Chemicals, such as acid charged water , erodes rock and forms fissures and sinkholes.
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