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  • noun Plural form of folkie.

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Examples

  • Sunday's show is heavy on big-name folkies with Collins (mentioned above), festivals.

    brooklynvegan 2009

  • A couple years later, Lauren Agnelli's, Tom Goodkind's and Bruce Jay Paskow's The Washington Squares perfectly mimicked Peter, Paul & Mary with modest commercial success, though Tracy Chapman and Bruce Hornsby were the genre's least folkish, most successful, de facto champions, coming very close to the category with a "singer-songwriter" status (though one could never brand them as "folkies").

    Mike Ragogna: New Tunes On Monday: George Harrison, Rob Thomas, Among The Oak & Ash, and Survivor (Kind Of) Plays Jeremy's Wedding 2009

  • Burlington's Rounder Records, a respected American roots music label started by three Cambridge "folkies" in 1970, has been acquired by a larger independent record company.

    Business - BostonHerald.com Donna Goodison 2010

  • Burlington's Rounder Records, a respected American roots music label started by three Cambridge "folkies" in 1970, has been acquired by a larger independent record company.

    Business - BostonHerald.com Donna Goodison 2010

  • Since their inception in 1977, the name of the game for The Mekons has been experimentation and excursion, and they have even happily embraced the 'folkies'.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2009

  • Since their inception in 1977, the name of the game for The Mekons has been experimentation and excursion, and they have even happily embraced the 'folkies'.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2009

  • Since their inception in 1977, the name of the game for The Mekons has been experimentation and excursion, and they have even happily embraced the 'folkies'.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2009

  • Since their inception in 1977, the name of the game for The Mekons has been experimentation and excursion, and they have even happily embraced the 'folkies'.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2009

  • Since their inception in 1977, the name of the game for The Mekons has been experimentation and excursion, and they have even happily embraced the 'folkies'.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2009

  • Since their inception in 1977, the name of the game for The Mekons has been experimentation and excursion, and they have even happily embraced the 'folkies'.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2009

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