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- adjective colloquial
Unadorned ;suggestive ofearlier times .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Babyface is the last guy you'd call rootsy, but the blues-drenched lead guitar of guest Eric Clapton seems to have done for him what that tea-steeped madeleine did for Proust.
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Its 13 songs are delivered in a style that defies pigeonholing but might be described as a rootsy amalgam of folk, country, bluegrass, rock and pop - even a jab of punk-style dynamics here and there.
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Its 13 songs are delivered in a style that defies pigeonholing but might be described as a rootsy amalgam of folk, country, bluegrass, rock and pop - even a jab of punk-style dynamics here and there.
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All six members of the band grew up and went to school in Brixton, and it's the music of the area as much as their beloved Bert Jansch and Bob Dylan albums that has seeped into what they do, which is "rootsy" in both the folk and reggae senses of the word.
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How he goes "rootsy" and Neil Young, Van Morrison, etc., all of a sudden come out with certain "types" of albums.
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"rootsy," and while that descriptor serves its role admirably I prefer the more open ended
Jason Blogs 2008
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"It is very Canadian," said Mr. Prochaska, "There's a 'rootsy' feel to it.
Orangeville Citizen 2010
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"It's funny because my sound doesn't reflect who I'm influenced by and I wanted to go for a more 'rootsy' sound on this album.
unknown title 2009
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His music finds a place between the lush industrial sound of Nine Inch Nails and rootsy American rockabilly.
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The main jamming car was open to the air, providing everyone with scenery to fit the mood: Open, raw, rootsy.
Rita Houston: Rita's Railroad Revival Rita Houston 2011
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