also: フォーク・ソング
noun
Refers to traditional or contemporary folk music, often with acoustic instruments and storytelling lyrics. In Japanese contexts, it can also refer to Western-style folk music popularized in the 1960s and 1970s.
彼はギターでフォークソングを弾き語りした。
He sang and played a folk song on the guitar.
日本のフォークソングは1970
Japanese folk music was popular in the 1970s.