Hello again the World!
This is a Blog about Folk Music, but more specifically the "Geography" behind folk music, It's unclear where exactly music originated, but it is generally accepted that music has been around since prehistoric times, and probably evolved from the sounds of nature that early humans heard, for example; some of the earliest musical instruments found are flutes made from animal bones, possibly to mimic the sounds of birds that prehistoric humans heard.
As society and religion developed, music became more associated with different churches, in ancient Greece music was used during religious ceremonies and was associated with the Gods. It also began to be performed for entertainment, in Greek Plays there was usually a musical number where the cast would sing. The same can be said about music in ancient Rome.
After the fall of Rome and Europe's descent into the dark ages music didn't become lost it remained not only as a form of entertainment for the nobles but also as outlets for the local serfs and peasants.
Music is something that's natural to human kind, we can see this because music developed in both europe and America without contact between the two. Modern folk music is a combination and mismatch of all different kinds of music because of the easy freedom of information around the world.
The image displayed is the album cover of popular Irish folk artist Fionn Regan, named "The End of history.
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