We’ve learned several music-making cultures in the United States in the past weeks. For this week’s discussion, I’d like you to consider your background(s). Which folk music style(s) has resonated with you most? Why?
Choose at least one style (or a combination of styles) that reminded you of your background. It should speak to your identity.
Write 350 words on the specific elements of the styles and how it resonates with you. Be specific: state the style(s), state the elements (musical, lyrical, and/or contextual), and relate them to your identity.

The folk music style I choose is Ballads.
An example song of Ballad is “Rock Island Line”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwc5wMNidSk&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fmtsac.instructure.com%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt