variants
or less commonly folky
plural folkies
: a folk singer or instrumentalist
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Dan Reilly, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
The sisters there were ’70s folkies; the daughter a ’90s alt-rocker; and the lyrics a whole lot stronger.
—Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2022
The Yeahs’ Karen O and Nick Zinner had a folkie duo called Unitard.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2022
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Noun
Organizers quickly noted the demand for more folkies, starting Newport Folk in 1959 to avoid cross-contamination between these purist fan bases.
—Dan Reilly, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2025
The sisters there were ’70s folkies; the daughter a ’90s alt-rocker; and the lyrics a whole lot stronger.
—Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
In the mid-’90s, the buzz headed south to Ludlow Street, and the East Village was left with a scattering of small folkie venues like Sidewalk Cafe and a couple of fading clubs like the latter-day Pyramid.
—Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2022
The Yeahs’ Karen O and Nick Zinner had a folkie duo called Unitard.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2022
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“Folkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folkie. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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