Folk Music
The late 1940s and the early 1950s saw the beginning of popular folk music with groups like The Weavers. The Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger, Woodie Guthrie, Odetta, and several other performers were instrumental in launching the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s.
Read more about this topic: Music History Of The United States (1940s And 50s)
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“In the past, the English tried to impose a system wherever they went. They destroyed the nation’s culture and one of the by- products of their systemisation was that they destroyed their own folk culture.”
—Martin Carthy (b. 1941)
“Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.”
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