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Britfolk

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English

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Etymology

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From Brit- +‎ folk. Compare Britpop, Britrock.

Noun

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Britfolk (uncountable)

  1. (music) British contemporary folk music.
    • 2018 March 2, Leonie Cooper, “Lucy Dacus – ‘Historian’ Review”, in NME‎[1]:
      The 1970s also loom large over ‘Historian’, with the unlikely influence of Pink Floyd coming to the fore in the alt-rocking psychedelics of ‘The Shell’, the crunchy yet smooth ‘Timefighter’ featuring some moody guitar soloing and a prog-rock breakdown and ‘Pillar of Truth’ the haunting Britfolk of Sandy Denny.
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