American folk music revival

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cultural movement music movement

The American folk music revival was a mid-20th-century cultural movement that popularized traditional and socially conscious folk music, profoundly influencing popular music and political protest in the United States.

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American folk revival ×3

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement → music movement →
aim	popularization of traditional folk music → revival of interest in American roots music → use of music for social change →
alsoKnownAs	American folk revival → folk revival →
associatedWith	American left-wing politics → Cambridge, Massachusetts → Greenwich Village → San Francisco Bay Area → anti–Vietnam War movement → civil rights movement → labor movement → peace movement →
characteristic	audience sing-alongs → coffeehouse performances → college campus concerts → emphasis on traditional songs → political protest themes → socially conscious lyrics → use of acoustic instruments →
country	United States →
endTime	early 1970s → late 1960s →
genre	folk music →
hasNotableEvent	Monterey Folk Festival → Newport Folk Festival → Philadelphia Folk Festival → University hootenannies →
hasNotableFigure	Bob Dylan → Buffy Sainte-Marie → Doc Watson → Harry Belafonte → Hootenanny television show → Ian and Sylvia → Joan Baez → Judy Collins → Lead Belly → Malvina Reynolds → Odetta → Pete Seeger → Peter, Paul and Mary → Phil Ochs → Ramblin' Jack Elliott → Richie Havens → The Clancy Brothers → The Kingston Trio → The New Lost City Ramblers → The Weavers → Tom Paxton → Woody Guthrie →
hasPart	Cambridge folk scene → Greenwich Village folk scene → San Francisco Bay Area folk scene → college campus folk scene → urban folk revival →
historicalContext	Cold War era United States → McCarthyism → postwar prosperity in the United States → rise of youth culture in the 1960s →
influenced	1960s popular music in the United States → American political protest culture → American rock music → anti–Vietnam War protest music → civil rights movement music → contemporary folk music → country rock → folk rock → protest music of the 1960s → singer-songwriter movement →
influencedBy	African American folk traditions → Anglo-American traditional music → Appalachian music → Great Depression protest music → Popular Front culture → World War II era folk music → blues → labor movement songs → left-wing politics in the United States →
mediaFormat	LP records → live performance → radio programs → television programs →
notableWork	Blowin' in the Wind → Goodnight Irene → If I Had a Hammer → This Land Is Your Land → Tom Dooley → We Shall Overcome → Where Have All the Flowers Gone? →
startTime	1950s → late 1940s →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bob Dylan → Pete Seeger → Phil Ochs → Woody Guthrie →	movement
American folk music revival ("American folk revival") →	alsoKnownAs
Ramblin' ("American folk revival") →	genre
Appalachian music ("American folk revival") →	influenced