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Irish Folk Music

Josh Taerk - The legacy of folk music

The  Folk music is the social and cultural history of the struggling human spirit in song. Once, traditional folk songs easily identified particular cultures. Irish, English, American folk songs identified the early stirrings of the individual seeking cultural identity. From those traditions, in the mid 20th century, emerged a need to seek social identity, the right to justice and freedom. Until, in the 21st century, folk songs are marked by a need for individual respect and understanding.

The legacy of traditional folk songs lives on in dance. Of particular note was the emergence of River dance in the 20th century. There was a special moment in the movie when he danced to traditional Greek folk music. As a result, we have a renewed appreciation of traditional cultures through traditional folksong.

With the emergence, in the 1960's, of the civil rights movement in the U.S., folk music was there. The raw and rasping voice of Bob Dylan singing out a need to find answers in the wind, for all to have the right to freedom, cannot be forgotten. But he was not alone. Joan Baez, representing her Mexican heritage, sang of the plight of minority groups. In fact, there was a burst of folk singers at this time crying out for social justice.

By the 1970's, a new folk voice was emerging. Perhaps Canadian Joni Mitchell represented the new social tone in folk song. At least in music, the plea for understanding between races in the folksong of the 1960's seemed to be answered. It was a wonderful legacy legacy!

And in the 1980's merged the reggae of Jamaican Bob Marley. The sound and rhythm may have been a distinctive, new sound on the musical horizon, but the lyrics, at the heart of the music, were the lyrics of the individual, longing to be heard in troubled times. Folk music was the heartbeat of reggae.

Till the early 1990's there was little music that was clearly folk song. Street rap rhythms had emerged from reggae with the solid voice from urban cultures. perhaps the "pure" folk song of cultural tradition is little more than a curiosity in a "period piece" movie. In its place is the essence of folk song in almost every musical genre.

About the Author

I am a singer/songwriter that plays acoustic guitar, and occasionally play with electric guitar players.I have produced my first album to be released shortly called Never Look Back.

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Irish Tin Whistle $9.99 Easy to play, this Irish-made tin whistle in the key of D lets you perform traditional Irish tunes instantly, even if you can't read music. Includes instructions and diagrammed sheet music.

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