Question

which statement is accurate about the folk music revival in the United States?

• The government tightly controlled the subject matter folk music
• folk singers performed mainly in large concert halls
•Civil rights movement and the Vietnam war dominated The second folk music boom
•The music was used as a way to encourage conventional thinking

Answer 1

The American folk music revival is agreed by most music historians to have begun in the 1940's and peaked in the 1960's. That peak was attributed to, and aligned with, the focus on the Civil Rights and Antiwar movements. Figures such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Peter, Paul, and Mary dominated the folk revival scene at this time with their political commentaries and messages of peace, harmony, and social change.