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folk rock

fusion genre of folk and rock music
Intangible music_genre Q186472
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Summary

folk rock is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of music genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,186 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: folk music[3]
  • Subclass of: rock music[4]
  • Commons category: Folk rock[5]
  • Country of origin: United States[6], United Kingdom[7]
  • Inception: 1964[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Folk rock[9]
  • Has characteristic: rock genre[10]
  • Different from: ethnic rock[11]

Why It Matters

folk rock has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Rate Your Music. rateyourmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Sldst-bot · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30051|batch #30051]]: formatting following the current schema"
  2. 24w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → music genre
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: rock genre"
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