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folk song

1. a song of which the music and text have been handed down by oral tradition among the common people
2. a modern song which employs or reflects the folk idiom
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Folk Stars Group leading folk singer Laila Jutti said that Pathany Khan was a legend singer who had received Pride of Performance Award.
Kate credits include Folk Singer of the Year; Best Live Act; Best Album and Best Original Song winner at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
The singer, regarded as the "foremost folk singer in Barbados", said he wrote the song because he supports Palestine and the Palestinian people's right to freedom and statehood.
Jez Lowe from Easington Colliery, County Durham, was nominated in the Folk Singer Of The Year and Best Original Song categories.
Cara Dillon, Julie Fowlis, Nancy Kerr and Jez Lowe will battle it out for Folk Singer of the Year, and Best Duo will be a scrap between Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker, O'Hooley & Tidow, Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar and Chris While & Julie Matthews.
According to Sayidaty.net, fans of traditional Egyptian folk will get a chance to watch Shabola perform on the Abi Riqaq Stage alongside a number of Moroccan folk singers.
A delve into the world of folk singer Llewyn Davis (Isaac) as life in 1960s New York conspires against him.
FOLK singer Chris Wood learnt an awful lot when touring the UK as support for Joan Armatrading late last year.
The Hanukkah song "Ocho Kandelikas" (Eight Little Candles) is often referred to as a "traditional Sephardic song." In fact, it was written in 1983 by Flory Jagoda, an 88-year-old Sephardic folk singer who still performs today.
From front left, folk singer Sian James with Bethan Roberts, Emyr Jones, Dafydd T Ellis and Huw Jones More than 120 people bought tickets, with entertainment provided by Parti Cut Lloi, led by folk singer Sian James, from Dyffryn Banw, Montgomeryshire.
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