British folk revival

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cultural movement music movement

The British folk revival was a mid-20th-century movement that revitalized traditional British folk music and inspired new acoustic songwriting, significantly shaping later folk and folk-rock artists.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
British folk revival canonical	8
English folk song revival	3
English folk revival	1
English folk-song revival	1
UK folk revival	1
second British folk revival	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3495222 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: British folk revival
Context triple: [Appendix Out, hasMusicalInfluence, British folk revival]

A. American folk music revival
The American folk music revival was a mid-20th-century cultural movement that popularized traditional and socially conscious folk music, profoundly influencing popular music and political protest in the United States.
B. English Musical Renaissance
The English Musical Renaissance was a late 19th- and early 20th-century cultural movement that revitalized British classical music through composers who sought a distinct national style rooted in native traditions and modern influences.
C. British blues boom
The British blues boom was a late-1950s to 1960s musical movement in the United Kingdom that popularized American blues and gave rise to influential rock and blues-rock artists and bands.
D. Folk Archive
Folk Archive is a collaborative art project by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane that documents and celebrates contemporary British folk art and everyday creativity.
E. Bristol sound
The Bristol sound is a distinctive music scene and style that emerged in Bristol, England, blending elements of hip hop, dub, reggae, and electronic music into what became known as trip hop.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: British folk revival
Target entity description: The British folk revival was a mid-20th-century movement that revitalized traditional British folk music and inspired new acoustic songwriting, significantly shaping later folk and folk-rock artists.

A. American folk music revival
The American folk music revival was a mid-20th-century cultural movement that popularized traditional and socially conscious folk music, profoundly influencing popular music and political protest in the United States.
B. English Musical Renaissance
The English Musical Renaissance was a late 19th- and early 20th-century cultural movement that revitalized British classical music through composers who sought a distinct national style rooted in native traditions and modern influences.
C. British blues boom
The British blues boom was a late-1950s to 1960s musical movement in the United Kingdom that popularized American blues and gave rise to influential rock and blues-rock artists and bands.
D. Folk Archive
Folk Archive is a collaborative art project by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane that documents and celebrates contemporary British folk art and everyday creativity.
E. Bristol sound
The Bristol sound is a distinctive music scene and style that emerged in Bristol, England, blending elements of hip hop, dub, reggae, and electronic music into what became known as trip hop.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement ⓘ music movement ⓘ
associatedEvent	Cambridge Folk Festival ⓘ Sidmouth Folk Festival ⓘ
associatedPlace	Edinburgh folk scene ⓘ London folk clubs ⓘ
characteristic	blend of traditional and contemporary songwriting ⓘ collection and arrangement of traditional songs ⓘ emphasis on acoustic performance ⓘ use of traditional instruments ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
genre	folk music ⓘ folk rock ⓘ
hasCause	growth of youth culture in the 1950s and 1960s ⓘ interest in preserving traditional music ⓘ post-war social change in Britain ⓘ
hasEffect	creation of new acoustic songwriting ⓘ establishment of folk clubs in Britain ⓘ growth of folk festivals in Britain ⓘ increased recording of folk music ⓘ politicisation of some folk music ⓘ revival of traditional ballads ⓘ
hasPart	English folk revival ⓘ Irish folk revival in Britain ⓘ Scottish folk revival ⓘ linked to: Scottish Renaissance Welsh folk revival ⓘ
influenced	British folk rock ⓘ Celtic rock ⓘ contemporary British singer-songwriters ⓘ world music fusion in the UK ⓘ
influencedBy	American folk revival ⓘ industrial folk song collecting ⓘ traditional British folk music ⓘ
location	England ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ
movement	second British folk revival ⓘ linked to: British folk revival
notableFigure	A. L. Lloyd ⓘ Alex Campbell ⓘ Anne Briggs ⓘ Bert Jansch ⓘ Davy Graham ⓘ Ewan MacColl ⓘ Martin Carthy ⓘ Sandy Denny ⓘ
notableGroup	Fairport Convention ⓘ Pentangle ⓘ Steeleye Span ⓘ The Dubliners ⓘ The Incredible String Band ⓘ The Watersons ⓘ
precededBy	first British folk revival ⓘ
startTime	mid-20th century ⓘ
timePeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appendix Out → hasMusicalInfluence → British folk revival ⓘ

Alasdair Roberts → hasArtisticInfluenceFrom → British folk revival ⓘ

English pastoral school → influencedBy → English folk-song revival ⓘ