It has been used for centuries to evoke the sound of rural England and simple country folk.
But a kind of apartheid is at work, distinguishing urbanites from country folk, and locals from migrants.
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The government's position owes more to prudence than to any new-found determination to be nice to country folk.
More country folk have moved to towns, where they have learned cosmopolitan habits and grown accustomed to rubbing along with people from other groups.
Pollsters say he is popular all over Indonesia, with both young and old, rich and poor, men and women, and city and country folk.
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Moreover, it is also known that the pACC-amygdala link is often out of kilter in schizophrenia, and that schizophrenia is more common among city dwellers than country folk.
Michael and the Tuohys come off as paragons of virtue, and the bad guys from indifferent teachers and predatory drug dealers to country-club ladies and unevolved country folk are situated safely outside and clearly labelled.
It is said that it got going at the end of the 19th Century in Buenos Aires' brothels, where a melting pot of poor immigrants and country folk danced together while waiting their turn to slip behind the bedroom door.
Mr Susilo, promising decisive action against corruption and the chaos in Indonesia's judicial system, has built himself an image of calm, competence and honesty which, say pollsters, has won him support from young and old, rich and poor, and city and country folk.
Canadian country-folk singer Tom Connors has died of natural causes age 77, his promoter has said.
It offers a distinctive mix of country, folk, rock, Celtic and gospel styles.
Ontario-based singer-songwriter Kate Maki's new album, On High, is a collection of pastoral country-folk songs that soar with gentle beauty.
By reading, traveling and listening to country and folk music (especially Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie), he also developed a political consciousness.
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Local musicians Morgan McIntyre and Alana Henderson will join US country and folk star Nanci Griffith on stage at Belfast's Empire Music Hall on Thursday night for an In the Round concert.
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Grammy award-winning artists Brett James, Nanci Griffith and Kristian Bush are among the leading performers, with musical genres ranging from country to traditional folk.
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The Big House featuring Paul Molloy (Zutons) and Candie Payne, will be bringing the day to an evocative close with their delicious blend of country, gleaming folk and west coast rock - not to be missed.
Folk-country musician Adrienne Young is a big supporter of community gardens and sustainable farming.
That doesn't mean the traditional folk and country singer hasn't been busy.
Although he began his career as a newspaper writer, Robert Earl Keen has been putting out records filled with classic folk-country for more than 20 years.
Ever since she began her career as an acoustic singer-songwriter in the early '80s, Patty Griffin has specialized in sweet, smart ballads with shades of blues, pop, folk and country.
Even within the confines of musically narrow genres, Cooder allows himself room to stretch, manipulating the song structures of 1930s American music: minstrel folk, country ballads, blues and even the lounge jazz of Chet Baker.
The country has unique traditions in folk song and verse, traditions which have had to be strong to survive the many centuries of domination by foreign countries.
Western music swept the country and fed into both Japanese folk and high culture styles.
She has pretty much carved out a music career single-handedly, becoming something of a darling of the folk-bluegrass-country set.
Oddly, one of the most fraught has to do with the home secretary's traditional power to keep undesirable folk out of the country.
In 'Heartworn Highways' a mid-'70s documentary about country musicians trying to revive the folk tradition of earlier generations guitarist Townes Van Zandt sings and plays one of his songs in a trailer in Austin, Texas.
When asked, country people tend to say that city folk have forgotten about them.
With his debut album, 1989's West Textures, Keen set a template that he would stick to throughout his career: a blend of acoustic folk balladry and raucous barroom country.
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