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Originally Posted by Trollheart
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"Folk" in the original sense was music passed on for generations from person to person, not through any recorded means like books or records. Folk is now called Traditional music. Most people consider American Folk Revival as "Folk" so what was once called Folk (originally) is now called Traditional Appalachian music. Even in Germany they make a distinction between Volksmusik and Volkstümliche Musik.
Country is really a genre of Pop music, and has its own charts like pop music does. Country includes influences are wide and varied from (Traditional) Folk, Country Blues. Cowboy Songs, Gospel, Western Swing, Bluegrass, Old Timey etc. Country can be broken up into things like Bakersfield sound, Nashville sound.
Bluegrass has five instruments:
- Fiddle
- Mandolin
- (Acoustic) Guitar
- Banjo
- Stand-up Bass
There are no drums in Bluegrass, if you hear drums it's not Bluegrass or they're violating the Golden Rule etched in stone by Bill Monroe.
If the music is influence by Appalachia traditional music, consist of predominantly acoustic instruments and the sounds lies somewhere between "Folk," Country and Bluegrass I would consider it "Old Timey."
St. Olav's Gate The song was also done by Russell and Nanci Griffith together. Since the music is mostly all instrumental it's more Old Timey than Country music. The lyric is closer to Marty Robbins' story telling style and Honky-Tonk drinking song. It's also in 3/3 Waltz time.
Fly By Night twangy guitar, pedal steel and drums makes it definitely more Country
Looking For The Time Country with Old Timey fiddle.