Folk Pop
Folk pop is music that combines the acoustic instruments and storytelling of folk with the catchy melodies and smooth production of pop.
It can mean folk songs given a polished pop arrangement, or pop songs played in a gentle, acoustic way. Acoustic guitar and vocal harmonies are at the center, with light drums and sometimes strings. It became popular in the United States in the 1960s during the folk revival. It is softer and more radio-friendly than traditional folk, and less electric than folk rock.
Artists it is known for: The Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary.
- Family
- Folk & Acoustic
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- United States, 1960s
- Also called
- folk-pop
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 5%
About 3,900 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have folk pop among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Folk Pop artists
Alyssa Grace
The Lumineers
Gregory Alan Isakov
Vance Joy
Myles Smith
Of Monsters and Men
Jonah Kagen
George Ezra
The Oh Hellos
Ike Dweck
The folk pop artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.