Folk rock facts for kids

Folk rock music is a mixture of folk music with modern rock music. Folk rock began in the mid 1960s with performers like the Byrds. Folk singer Bob Dylan created a sensation at the 1965 Newport Festival when he used electric guitar in his performance. This led to many groups wanting to play folk music in the rock style. These groups included Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Pentangle and Alan Stivell.

Images for kids

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  Pete Seeger entertaining Eleanor Roosevelt (center), at a racially integrated Valentine's Day party.

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  Bob Dylan was the most influential of all the urban folk-protest songwriters.

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  Bob Dylan in 1963.

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  Folk rock musicians Simon & Garfunkel performing in Dublin

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  Simon Nicol and Ric Sanders of Fairport Convention performing at Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2005

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  Merle Haggard and others influenced the sound of artists such as Bob Dylan, Ian and Sylvia, and the Byrds who adopted the sound of country music in the late 1960s.

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  John Renbourn in 2005

See also

In Spanish: Folk rock para niños