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Topic: Folk Music

Related:
  Music    Folk  
  Art Music    Music CD  
  Live Music    Music plays  
  Sound of Music    New Music  
  Books Music    Dance Music  
  Music Songs    Rock Music  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Bonnie & Clyde
Dream job(s):DJ
Favorite composer(s):Rachmaninoff,  Nicolo Paganini,  Franz Josef Haydn
Favorite movie(s):West Side Story
Likes to wear:Vinyl
Listens to:Folk,  Bluegrass,  Ambient
Favorite destination(s):Ireland,  Ireland
Ultimate fantasy(s):Being Dolly Parton's slave
Worst habit(s):Buying top 40 music
Favorite type of dance(s):The Waltz,  Line dancing,  Swing
Favorite quote(s):"Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung." - Voltaire (1694-1778)
"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
 
 
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The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Rob Bruff,
Nightclub Bouncer

Folk music and dances with their swirling skirts, camel rides and races and camel acrobatics are part of the festival.
Sam Hayden,
Gothic Nightclub Owner

Folk music societies, venues, acoustic music shops and websites in Central Pennsylvania and beyond.
Anita Ganesh,
Poet

The classical music world ought to be used to these surveys by now, but they never fail to produce the most remarkable panic among the type of arts folks who mistakenly believe that children of any era cared deeply about whether a particular musical passage was written by Beethoven or Offenbach.
Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom

We are the folks in Lorries Chat Room who take pride for having chose to support one of the most talented, caring and lovable entertainers in the music industry today.
Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor

Susquehanna Folk Music Society All volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and encouraging traditional arts in Central PA.
Pete Trengle,
Bass Player

Fantastic Folk From Celtic sounds and bluegrass to traditional roots and acoustic music, The Sheldon's Fantastic Folk series features five concerts of outstanding folk musicians and singers.
Those of us that are old enough should remember the folk music movement of the early sixties in which the music was typically played on acoustic folk instruments and the songs were more poetic or had more socially conscious lyrics than the other pop music of the era.
His involvement in acoustic folk music began in the 1960s and includes both solo and group performances in folk, country, bluegrass and rock groups.
Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer

Classical music was attended by 10% of respondents in the last year; six per cent had attended opera or operetta, five per cent jazz and three per cent folk or Country & Western.
Paddy McGuinness,
Newsagent

Traditional Folk Music : There are a few traditions which are used more often like Celtic , Irish , Scottish and tunes from the Middle Ages.
Bluegrass music evolved from traditional folk music in southern Appalachia through immigrants from the British Isles.
Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran

European music represented a neutral corner where folks could retreat to and lose touch with the realities and hardships of life.
 
 
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2004-11-12 16:41:09
I think this site is dumb!!!!!!! Why don't you put stuff that kids like on this and have info?
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