Folk-pop is a musical style that may be 1)
contemporary folk songs with large, sweeping
pop
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arrangements, or 2) pop songs with intimate,
acoustic-based folk arrangements. Recording production values created a unblemished style that appealed to a mass audience, and thus led to commercial success as measured by high record sales, particularly as illustrated by hit records reaching the
Top 40 on
AM radio in the United States. Folk-pop developed during the 1960s folk music and
folk rock boom.
[
] Key example of folk-pop artists include
The Kingston Trio and
Peter, Paul and Mary with contracts with major record labels (
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
and
Warner Brothers Records, respectively). The commercially successful artists stood in contrast to more politically charged and uncompromising folk music performers such as
Joan Baez,
Barbara Dane,
Odetta,
Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs (; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, political activism, often alliterative lyrics, and ...
,
Nina Simone and
The Weavers, or in more recent decades
Tracy Chapman or
Ani DiFranco
Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums.
DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...
.
Folk-pop is found in many regions internationally.
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Pop or POP may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Music
* Pop music, a musical genre Artists
* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
Pop music genres