Urban Folk

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Urban Folk is a form of folk music which combines elements of traditional folk and post-punk/new wave influences. It got its name from the fact that the songs often reflect urban life. The style borrows more from the "Feeling" of punk (i.e. the directness and, often, the political subject matter) than the actual sound. It is closely related to anti-folk.

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Urban folk performers include:

• Mike Barnet
• Dan Bern
• Cindy Lee Berryhill
• Billy Bragg
• Andrew Calhoun
• Tracy Chapman
• Vic Chesnutt
• Bruce Cockburn
• Shawn Colvin
• Citizen Cope
• Darren Deicide
• Ani DiFranco
• Bob Dylan
• The Fakrays
• John Wesley Harding
• Paul Hawkins
• Casey Holford
• Freedy Johnston
• Brenda Kahn
• Jeffrey Lewis
• Jenn Lindsay
• Mary Lou Lord
• Moorea Malatt
• Roger Manning
• New Model Army
• Conor Oberst
• Jill Olson
• Daniel Orlick
• Jenni Mansfield Peal
• Phranc
• Rebecca Pronsky
• Toshi Reagon
• Grey Revell
• Bree Sharp
• Michelle Shocked
• Elliott Smith
• Regina Spektor
• Joe Strummer
• Ember Swift
• Suzanne Vega

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