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Americana/Folk Albums (formerly Folk Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional folk artists, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters" in the United States. [1]
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Americana/Folk Albums (formerly Folk Albums) is a music chart published weekly by Billboard magazine which ranks the top selling "current releases by traditional folk artists, as well as appropriate titles by acoustic-based singer-songwriters" in the United States. [1]
Pages in category "American folk songs" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 360 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
All I Really Want to Do (album) Amanda Leigh; American Epic; American Epic: The Best of Blind Willie Johnson; American Epic: The Best of Blues; American Epic: The Best of Country; American Epic: The Best of Lead Belly; American Epic: The Best of Mississippi John Hurt; American Epic: The Best of The Carter Family; American Epic: The Collection
Most songs of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods originated in England, Scotland and Ireland and were brought over by early settlers. According to ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettl, American folk music is notable because it "At its roots is an English folk song tradition that has been modified to suit the specific requirements of America."
Folk albums by American artists (296 C, 102 P) + American folk-song collectors (68 P) ... American folk songs (61 C, 359 P) Pages in category "American folk music"
However, it became generally regarded as a landmark and influential release during the 1950s and 1960s American folk music revival. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 276 on their list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, [3] and, in 2005, the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. [4]