Traditionally, folk artists mix water with wheat and glutinous rice flour.

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Benanti: I always felt schizophrenic as a kid because I loved musicals so much but then I also loved these rock and pop and folk artists, too.

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One album I completely missed when it came out last year was the self-titled debut release from Martha Wainwright, the sister of cabaret-pop singer Rufus Wainwright and daughter of folk artists Loudon Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle.

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He allows his sitters to select the backdrop for their picture and, although these exuberant canvases of dream homes, high-tech living rooms and gleaming cityscapes owe much to the conventions of African sign painters and folk artists, they talk of the aspirations of modern Ghanaians.

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The festival lineup is packed with jazz, bluegrass and folk shows from artists including Larkin Poe, Kelsey Anna and the Sean Dietrich Jazz Trio, plus art classes for kids and demos in weaving, painting and woodwork.

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Gorka was inspired to become a folk musician in the early '80s, while working (and living) in a coffeehouse frequented by artists who were at the heart of the '60s folk revival.

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On Susan Werner's newest CD, her sixth, the singer-songwriter moves distinctively away from folk and toward the jazzy American songbook style recently embraced by artists such as Rod Stewart and Norah Jones.

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Her music is both pop and folk, with flecks of Bonnie Raitt, and reflects the influence of artists like Ani DiFranco and Joni Mitchell.

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