A couple of tongue-in-cheek definitions (with a kernel of truth):
-A folk song is any song whose lyrics you can hear.
-Folk music is any music you can't make a living playing.
Some years ago, the Canadian Folk Music Society tried to come up with a definition of "folk music". We ended up changing the name of the society to get rid of the f-word.
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