There is welsh folk music, but not all folk music is welsh.
Folk Music
Folk Music (; Chibi
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 started when a mother sang her baby to sleep.
Folk music is traditional to everywhere - folk music is, by definition, the traditional music of any country. One of the most famous examples of Russian folk music is Korobeiniki.
No, folk is a style (actually a wide range of styles) of music whereas indie refers to the fact that the music is on an independent label -- but many indie labels do feature folk music or folk-rock or folk-pop
"folk music has no nameable origin."
It has no nameable origin. It is more tradition than entertainment. There are folk songs that date so far back they are considered oral histories.
True
folk, in its truest form, began with the renaissance, as music of the common man was popular. folk, like bob Dylan folk, is more recent to the late 19th century, evolving from the mannerisms of slave and hobo songs.
Tracy Chapman is a folk artist she is the highest selling folk artist in the UK