Cover Songs Music Videos by Genre: Folk

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Cover Songs by Folk Artists: Singers, Musicians, and Songwriters
Perhaps the first genre that comes to mind when you think about acoustic music is folk music. Folk music has always embraced the essential components of one man -- or woman -- and his acoustic guitar, perhaps with a harmonica or other instrument added in. Some of the oldest cover songs you will find at the Laptop Sessions music video blog were written by Woody Guthrie, one of the forefathers of the folk revival. Other cover song versions are based on folk songwriters and performers like Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, and Billy Bragg, both musicians who are clearly in touch with the roots that comprise the very foundation of modern songwriting. They learned how to write a song by listening to the standards and traditional tunes that have survived decades upon decades through one artist playing them for audiences who remember and some who go on to perform them as cover songs. Some of these acoustic folk artists bring their own twist to the genre, such as Loudon Wainwright who is known for his humorous "Dead Skunk" single. Others, such as Simon & Garfunkel, stay true to the tone of classic folk while bringing in their own unique lyrics, images, and vocal sounds to be incorporated with the more classic acoustic sounds and lyrics of the folk music of years past.

The music videos of cover songs at the Laptop Sessions draw heavily from the folk movement and folk artists of the 1960s. More recent artists, such as Jakob Dylan, have drawn on folk stylings in their own songwriting and the cover versions of their songs are now available here. If you're looking for the best cover songs or the most popular cover songs for the ages, then look no further than folk. The chords are often simple and the lyrics may be as well, but the music -- while certainly not new music -- conveys timeless themes and issues in the simple and straightforward format of acoustic guitar music.