Revival Folk
tagStarted 1950sPeak 1958–1975Last big hit still active
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Revival folk is less about commercial chart folk than about the deliberate reanimation of older vernacular songs, styles, tunings, and performance practices.
History
Collectors and archivists made the material available, but revival performers gave it a second life in clubs, festivals, homes, and records.
Defining artists
Essential listening
Sources
- Britannica
- Library of Congress
- Smithsonian Folkways. citeturn10search2turn9search2turn0search16