Waƙar jama'a wani nau'i ne da ke nuna ainihin al'adun wani yanki ko al'umma. Yawanci ana yada shi daga tsara zuwa tsara, kuma wakokinsa sukan bayar da labarun tarihi ko al'adu. Wasu daga cikin fitattun mawakan da suka yi fice a irin wannan salon sun hada da Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Woody Guthrie, da Pete Seeger, wadanda suka shahara da wakokinsu na jin dadin jama'a da kuma amfani da kayan kida kamar gita da banjo.
Wakar jama'a ta samo asali. A tsawon lokaci, haɗawa da wasu nau'ikan nau'ikan kamar dutsen, ƙasa, har ma da kiɗan lantarki don ƙirƙirar nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan nau'ikan indie da folktronica. Shahararriyar nau'in kuma ya sami ci gaba ta hanyar bullowar bukukuwa, irin su Newport Folk Festival a Amurka da kuma bikin jama'a na Cambridge a Burtaniya, wanda ke baje kolin masu fasahar gargajiya da masu tasowa.
Akwai gidajen rediyo da yawa da ke kula da su. nau'in kiɗan jama'a, gami da Folk Alley, Folk Radio UK, da WUMB-FM. Waɗannan tashoshi sun ƙunshi shirye-shirye iri-iri, gami da wasan kwaikwayo kai tsaye, hira da masu fasaha, da jerin waƙoƙin waƙa na al'ada da kidan jama'a na zamani. Yawancin waɗannan tashoshi kuma suna ba da yawo ta kan layi, yana sauƙaƙa wa masu sauraro damar samun damar kiɗan jama'a da suka fi so daga ko'ina cikin duniya.
Ana lodawa
Rediyo yana kunne
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A halin yanzu tashar tana layi