Definition of "folk-rock" []

• A variety of popular music combining elements of rock 'n' roll and folk music. (noun)

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• "The couple split up in 2010 and since Mulligan and I met US Weekly magazine has alleged that she is now engaged to Marcus Mumford, lead singer in English folk-rock band Mumford & Sons, following a six-month relationship."
• "'The Unfazed Partisan continues Dolorean's tradition of very fine song-centric folk-rock albums."
• "Last week Dan Schwartz and Tim Arnold, two-thirds of the emerging folk-rock trio Good Old War, were seated on the patio of an East Village bar here when a sudden storm struck the region."