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  • But when Ms. Banks heeded friends' urging to switch Isaac from a neighborhood folk-music teacher he loved to a more rigorous classical teacher who demanded that he achieve technical perfection, Isaac lost interest and stopped playing at age 9.

    Raising an Accidental Prodigy Sue Shellenbarger 2011

  • But in the miles toward Selma that morning -- and again now -- I couldn't help but think of the folk-music inquiry of those days, "When will they ever learn?"

    Paul Kleyman: From Jim Crow to Juan Crow -- a Boomer Reflects on Alabama's Civil Rights Legacy Paul Kleyman 2011

  • The song and the mystery of the singer become a folk-music legend.

    Valentines, part the first mllelaurel 2009

  • Later in the evening, a traditional folk-music ensemble, featuring a string trio and hammered dulcimer, entertained guests.

    Small Slovak Town Is Belle of the Ball Leos Rousek 2012

  • America's top folk-music magazine – published an open letter to Dylan, deploring this change.

    Irwin Silber obituary Derek Schofield 2010

  • Robin Williams remembers working in San Francisco's folk-music bars, where a coffeehouse crowd shouted critiques like no others.

    Funny National Treasures Nancy deWolf Smith 2012

  • Paul Robeson sang the song during the Depression, Joan Baez sang it at Woodstock, and it remains a popular folk-music standard: I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night, alive as you or me.

    The Union Martyr Mark Lewis 2011

  • The interim government has made plans for military parades, an air show of fighter jets, and a traveling folk-music concert.

    Egypt's Military Offers Concessions Matt Bradley 2012

  • For a period of time in the '70s, Mr. Monteleone found the most work making mandolins for the folk-music revival that had started out in the West Village.

    True Artistry Born of Craftsmanship Corinna da 2011

  • But there was a period in the mid-1960s when his name was often mentioned in the same breath as Bob Dylan's, as an avatar of a new wave of the folk-music revival.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune Marshall Fine 2011

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