#folk_music

There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics. ↗

— Robert Plant

#between #european #folk #musics #north

You know when I'm down to my socks it's time for business That's why they're called business socks It's business, it's business time ↗

— Flight of the Conchords

#humor #music #business

This is a book for every fiddler who has realized halfway through playing an ancient Scottish air that the Ramones "I Wanna Be Sedated" is what folk music is really all about, and gone straight into it. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#folk_music #insight #music #ramones #realization

Folk is bare bones music. ↗

— Ben Harper

#bones #folk #music

The 1960s were big for folk music, and the Kingston Trio led the way. They were the ones who started it all. The music was fresh and alive. College kids loved it and their parents did, too. ↗

— George Grove

#big #college #college kids #did #folk

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#because #folk #folk music #had #i

My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. ↗

— Ben Harper

#called #center #family #folk #folk music

Real folk music long ago went to Nashville and left no known survivors. ↗

— Donal Henahan

#folk #folk music #known #left #long

Logically, when you talkin' about folk music and blues, you find out it's music of just plain people. ↗

— Brownie McGhee

#blues #find #folk #folk music #just

When Kenny first came to me, I think he was thinking of making a nice little folk record, but in my opinion, folk music had come to an end and I felt he needed to go to the next step, the next generation. ↗

— Jim Messina

#come #end #felt #first #folk