psych folk
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Noun edit
- (music) A genre of folk music influenced by psychedelic rock and possessing a dark, sinister tone.
- Synonyms: acid folk, freak folk
- Coordinate terms: psych country, psych rock
- [2005 May, Chuck Klosterman, “The Rock Lexicon”, in SPIN, page 60:
- You have possibly heard the terms “psych folk” (sometimes applied to artists in the vein of Devendra Banhart) or “psych country” (which is vaguely similar to what used to be called “outlaw country”) or “psych rock” (which is what Courtney Taylor of the Dandy Warhols call his band's sound in the documentary DIG!.)]
Translations edit
genre of folk music
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Further reading edit
- psychedelic folk on Wikipedia.Wikipedia