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Urban Folk is a form of folk music which combines elements of traditional folk and post-punk/new wave influences. It got its name from the fact that the songs often reflect urban life, as the performers of this style rarely have a country background. Urban folk songs are often written as a protest against the current political or social state of affairs. The style borrows more from the "Feeling" of punk (i.e. the directness and the political subject matter) than the actual sound. It is closely related to anti-folk.
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― Dom Passantino, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 14:44 (seventeen years ago)
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