Balboa barn folk music?

folk typically is a story in song form, many people consider hip hop modern day folk

Tracy Chapman is a folk artist she is the highest selling folk artist in the UK

"Folk music" in the true sense of the word is "music that is indigenous to a land or a peoples" so cannot be pigeon holed.

Folk music is the traditional style of music for telling stories. Lyrics and acoustic instruments are important in folk music. Folk music can also be called/connected to World and Roots music.

Folk music and classical music is analogous to fables and written history. Folk music can be passed down through generations aurally, but never written down. Classical music, much like written...