Indie folk

Indie folk
Stylistic origins	Folk music, indie rock, folk rock, lo-fi, folk punk
Cultural origins	Late 1990s United States and Early 2000s United Kingdom
Typical instruments	Acoustic guitar - Double bass - Piano - Drums - Banjo - Mandolin - Violin - Electric guitar
Local scenes
Omaha, Nebraska, London

Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s from singer/songwriters in the indie rock community showing heavy influences from folk music scenes of the 50s, 60s and early 70s, country music, and indie rock. A few early artists included Lou Barlow, Beck, Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith. This genre is often closely related to others including freak folk, psych folk, Baroque pop and New Weird America. The genre has been steadily growing in popularity with bands such as Bright Eyes, Iron & Wine, Beirut, The Avett Brothers, The Decemberists, Okkervil River, Manel, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, Frank Turner, Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper, Dawes, Delta Spirit, Deer Tick, Middle Brother, Boy & Bear, Adam Green, Alexi Murdoch, Andrew Bird, Basia Bulat, Bishop Allen, Damien Jurado, Gary Jules, Devendra Banhart, Fanfarlo, Feist, Fink, Joanna Newsom, José González, Kings of Convenience, Lisa Hannigan, Little Wings, M. Ward, Neutral Milk Hotel, Indie Folker, Robin Pecknold, Sea Wolf, The Low Anthem, The Shins, Vetiver, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Cave Singers, Bowerbirds, The Middle East, Sufjan Stevens, Horse Feathers, Great Lake Swimmers, Blind Pilot, Radical Face, Loch Lomond, The Novel Ideas, Fruit Bats, Other Lives, Emmy The Great, Release The Sunbird, Noah And The Whale, Or, The Whale and Wye Oak gaining national attention and appearing at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Sasquatch!, Coachella and the Newport Folk Festival.