Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album — The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album was first awarded in 1987. Until 1993 the award was known as the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Recording. In 2007, this category was renamed Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.An… … Wikipedia
Folk music — Folk song redirects here. For other uses, see Folk song (disambiguation). Folk music Béla Bartók recording Slovak peasant singers in 1908 Traditions List of folk music traditions … Wikipedia
Folk dance — is a term used to describe a large number of dances, mostly of European origin, that tend to share the following attributes:* originally danced in about the 19th century or earlier (or are, in any case, not copyrighted); * performance is… … Wikipedia
Folk art — describes a wide range of objects that reflect the craft traditions and traditional social values of various social groups. Folk art is generally produced by people who have little or no academic artistic training, nor a desire to emulate fine… … Wikipedia
Folk-Legacy Records — is an independent recording company specializing in traditional and contemporary folk music of the English speaking world. It was founded in 1961 by Sandy and Caroline Paton along with the late Lee Baker Haggerty. In the 43 years the Folk Legacy… … Wikipedia
folk music — Modern British folk music owes its character not just to the traditional music of people in the UK but also to the ‘folk revival’ of the 1950s and 1960s. A crucial figure in the movement was Ewan MacColl, who repopularized both traditional and … Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture
Contemporary Catholic liturgical music — encompasses a comprehensive number of styles of music for Catholic liturgy that grew both before and after the reforms of Vatican II. The dominant style in English speaking Canada and the United States began as Gregorian chant and folk hymns,… … Wikipedia
Contemporary Christian music — Stylistic origins Jesus music, Christian music, pop music, rock music Cultural origins Late 1960s, US Typical instruments Vocals, guitar, drums, bass guitar, keyboards, piano … Wikipedia
Contemporary classical music — Contemporary music redirects here. For other forms of contemporary music, see Popular music. Periods of Western art music Early Medieval (500–1400) Renaissance (1400–1600) Baroque (1600–1760) Common practice … Wikipedia
Contemporary Catholic music — is a subset of Contemporary Christian music. Since Vatican Council II Catholic music has become more open to popular influences and influences from other Christian denominations. In the 1970s Mary Lou Williams began doing Catholic themed jazz,… … Wikipedia