The Revival of Folk Music in the 1960's

The 1960's where a time of a generational change in America along with this time of change came a rival of folk music. This revival of American folk music seem to cut it's self off from "the old free America". This generation of folk musicians expressed their desire to "cut American off fro any need to measure themselves against the idealism of the Utopian, the puritans" (Marcus 89). This generation of youth wanted to wonder way from the ideal "freedom" of old America that their parents held in high regard.  These youth were "...pioneers  that demanded for a new world with every wish for change" (Marcus 89) from the old ideals of America.

Folk musician such as Robert Zimmerman or other wise know as Bob Dylan, was a leader for this yearning for change in old America. This generational desire for change was seen to be weird in the eyes of the older generations in America because they had held these ideals Puritanism for so long.This folk must revival was a a gate way for other ethnic music in America to express there cultural identity and their view on society.

These ethnic groups included the African American and the blues and the Spanish Americans with Latino music. The folk revial was not just a time of new music but also a time of great change in American society. The revival of folk music in America in the 1960's was a time of culture change in regards to the new ideals for America and was a gate way for other ethnic groups to express their music.







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