In his thesis paper " Reawakening Pride Once Lost ": Indigeneity and European Folk Metal, Aaron Patrick Mulvany says that while much of the thematic history of heavy metal uses parodies of the occult in an incongruous fashion, Viking metal bands use " a very specific mythology which controls not only textual choices, but also the imagery used on albums and frequently the kind of music composed.

Also known as Latin American Folk Metal, is a sub-genre of Folk Metal with influences of regional folk music such as Andean music.

* The Scottish Folk Metal band Alestorm recorded a song entitled Buckfast Powersmash, for their third album.

Finland also helped bring Folk Metal music more popularity, through bands such as Turisas and Finntroll.

The song " Kneel To The Cross " was covered by American Dark / Folk Metal band Agalloch on the Of Stone, Wind and Pillor EP.

Up until 2009, KAUR specialized in independent or college rock and also broadcast regular Alternative, Blues / Jazz, Folk, Spanish Traditional, Hip-Hop, and Hardcore / Metal shows.

The performers were Jimmy Shand and band, Ian Powrie and his band, Scottish country dancers: Dixie Ingram and the Dixie Ingram Dancers, Joe Gordon Folk Four, James Urquhart, Ann & Laura Brand, Moira Anderson & Kenneth McKellar.

In 2005, the band made appearances at festivals including Lollapalooza, " T on the Fringe ", and the Newport Folk Festival.

The band visited cities such as Detroit, Cleveland and Philadelphia, but their intended destination was New York City, where they played at Gerde's Folk City and Maxwell's.

* Van Diemen's Land is mentioned in the song " Australia " by comedy folk band Folk On.

" After their debut LP was completed in March 1966, Skip Spence quit the band and he was eventually replaced by Spencer Dryden, who played his first show with the Airplane at the Berkeley Folk Festival on July 4, 1966.

Folk Rock band Sun Kil Moon recorded an eponymous song about Sanchez on their 2003 album Ghosts of the Great Highway.

* Buster Blue, Americana Folk band

In 2005 Steeleye Span were awarded the Good Tradition Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, while the 2005 book, Electric Folk by Britta Sweers devotes much space to the band.

At the Newport Folk Festival in July 1965, Bob Dylan was backed by members of Butterfield's band ( Bloomfield, Arnold, and Lay, but not Butterfield himself ) when he went electric, a move considered controversial at the time by much of the folk music establishment.

Dylan's July 25, 1965 appearance at the Newport Folk Festival with an electric backing band is also considered a pivotal moment in the development of folk rock.

Five days after the release of " Like a Rolling Stone ", on July 25, 1965, Dylan made a controversial appearance at the Newport Folk Festival, performing three songs with a full band.

As Austin natives, they make regular appearances in the Austin Chronicle's annual Austin Music Awards poll, taking home the # 1 prize for " Best Novelty Band " in 2004, " Best None of the Above " performing band in 2006 ( the first Celtic band to ever win such accolades ), and " Best Folk Act " in 2007.

) Their first concert had been at Gerde's Folk City in Greenwich Village ; months later, they were the house band at the Cafe Au Go Go and had signed a recording contract with RCA Records.

* Folk metal band Mägo de Oz recorded an instrumental version of " Gerdundula " on their La Bruja EP.

There is a Psychedelic Folk Rock band from Providence, RI called " Allysen Callery & the Land of Nod ",

* Viking / Folk metal band Týr ( band ) covers " I " on the 2011 album The Lay of Thrym.

The band performed twice at the Cropredy Folk Festival, held every year by Fairport Convention and one of these performances was released on CD entitled Live at Cropredy ( 2000 ).

Also, the American composer, John Barnes Chance, based his 1967 concert band composition Variations on a Korean Folk Song on a version of Arirang which he heard in Korea in the late 1950s.

* Circulus ( Progressive Folk / Rock band featuring Cardiacs Percussionist / Backing Vocalist, Cathy Harabaras )

In 2007, the original members of the band were reunited to receive a Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and to record a short concert that was broadcast on BBC radio.

Folk metal band Turisas also puts a lot of emphasis on the electric violin in their compositions.

Folk singer Donovan makes a guest appearance in the film singing Lord of the Reedy River, which he had also written.

There is no admission fee which makes the Folk Fair a family friendly outing.

Folk music from multiple regions are employed by some groups like Elvenking and Ensiferum.

* 2002 — Best Traditional Folk Album, Evangeline Made: A Tribute to Cajun Music, multiple artist compilation, with vocalist Ann Savoy

Folk music incorporates multiple influences in a syncretic fashion, including English contredanse, polka and mazurka, French folk and pop, sega from Mauritius and Réunion, taarab, zouk, soukous moutya and other pan-African genres of and Polynesian, Indian and Arcadian music.

He won the Best New Folk Artist award at the 1991 Kerrville Folk Festival, and became a member of the Detroit Music Hall of Fame after winning multiple Detroit Music Awards.

* O hOgain, Daithi " Myth, Legend and Romance: An Encyclopedia of the Irish Folk Tradition " Prentice Hall Press, ( 1991 ): ISBN 0-13-275959-4 ( the only dictionary / encyclopedia with source references for every entry )

* O hOgain, Daithi " Myth, Legend and Romance: An Encyclopedia of the Irish Folk Tradition " Prentice Hall Press, ( 1991 ): ISBN 0-13-275959-4 ( the only dictionary / encyclopedia with source references for every entry )

* The anime series Cowboy Bebop has many references to the film series, including the last fight between Spike and Vicious in the episode " The Real Folk Blues ( Part 2 )" which parallels the final shoot out in " A Better Tomorrow 2 ".

Folk notions of botany and zoology are presented as ethnobotany and ethnozoology alongside references from the formal sciences.

* Folk / Alternative singer / songwriter Bill Mallonee includes references to the Great Wallenda stepping out over Tallulah Gorge in his song " Balaam's Ass " from the recording Blister Soul by the Vigilantes of Love.

There are references of the 1970s Brazilian music and Glam rock, Folk music ( Brazilian or not ), from the 1980s B-rock, from the 1980s São Paulo Vanguard, Jovem Guarda ( the garage side of this genre ), Tropicália, the Samba rock and the Black music revisited, Electro, Rap, Ska, Jazz, Dub music, Funk Carioca and part is influenced by almost everyone of these genres.

Folk artists who were particularly significant included the Scottish performers Donovan, who combined influences of American artists like Bob Dylan with references to flower power, and the Incredible String Band, who from 1967 incorporated a range of influences into their acoustic based music, including medieval and eastern instruments.

In early 1964, Benny and Christina joined a group with the odd name " Elverkets Spelmanslag " (" The Electricity Board Folk Music Group "), who by no means was a folk music ensemble: the name was a punning reference to their electric instruments.

The smith hero Völundr is identified as ' Ruler of Elves ' ( vísi álfa ) and ' One among the Elven Folk ' ( álfa ljóði ), in the poem Völundarkviða, whose later prose introduction also identifies him as the son of a king of ' Finnar ', an Arctic people respected for their shamanic magic ( most likely, the sami ).

* Fyodor Dostoevsky used the epistolary format for his first novel, Poor Folk ( 1846 ), as a series of letters between two friends, struggling to cope with their impoverished circumstances and life in pre-revolution Russia.

The Jets exacted revenge on their opponent when they eliminated the Colts in a narrow 17 – 16 victory that saw Nick Folk kick the game-winning field goal for New York as time expired.

Folk custom called for them to practice rituals on Saint Agnes ' Eve ( 20 – 21 January ) with a view to discovering their future husbands.

Folk poems were sung by workers to accompany their work and narrate the story of their lives.

Folk magicians throughout Europe were often viewed ambivalently by communities, and were considered as capable of harming as of healing, which could lead to their being accused as " witches " in the negative sense.

It has also resulted in the utter destruction of the female Choedan Kal and its access key, which triggered the mass suicide of Amayar along the Islands of the Sea Folk, who believed the giant statue's destruction to signal the end of their Age of Illusion.

The Roud Folk Song Index, which catalogues folk songs and their variations by number, classifies the song as 13026.

Erebor became the home of the Folk of Durin, a clan of Dwarves known as the Longbeards, after they were driven from their ancestral home of Khazad-dûm.

Some television shows that use " queer " in their titles include both the British and North American versions of Queer as Folk, Queer Eye, and the cartoon Queer Duck.

There are, however, indications that a Durin the Last later did rebuild this Dwarven Kingdom, returning Durin's Folk to their ancestral homes.

" This ruse was quickly subverted by the patrons of the festival as they voiced their support for the rapidly emerging " Folk Hero.

* British group, Alabama 3, recorded a tribute to Bruce Reynolds about the robbery, " Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds " ( originally recorded by The Fylde Folk ) on which he appears, on their 2005 album, Outlaw.

Queer as Folk episode " Stand Up for Ourselves " features a storyline where the characters Emmett and Michael attend a rural gathering to discover their " inner Faerie.

It was the success of this album that prompted Channel 4 launch their own music division when the second series of Queer As Folk was made — an international franchise that is still around today.

JaFolk Mix is a term coined by Jamaican musician Joy Fairclough, to mean the mix of Jamaican Folk Music with any foreign and local styles of music and the evolution of a new sound created by their fusion.

Folk belief often held such individuals could rise as some form of undead ( such as a vampire ) and burying them at cross-roads would inhibit their ability to find and wreak havoc on their living relations and former associates.

It can be said that it has integrated with Chinese Folk Religion and many gods from that religion are considered bodhisattvas, or enlightened beings who choose to remain among beings to relieve their suffering.