Editing Folk rock (section)

===Medieval folk rock===
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Medieval folk rock developed as a subgenre of electric folk from about 1970 as performers, particularly in England, Germany and Brittany, adopted [[Medieval music|medieval]] and [[renaissance music]] as a basis for their music, in contrast to the early modern and nineteenth century [[ballad]]s that dominated the output of Fairport Convention. This followed the trend explored by Steeleye Span, and exemplified by their 1972 album ''[[Below the Salt (Steeleye Span album)|Below the Salt]]''. Acts in this area included [[Gryphon (band)|Gryphon]], [[Gentle Giant]] and [[Third Ear Band]].<ref>E. Macan, ''Rocking the Classics: English Progressive Rock and the Counterculture'' (Oxford University Press, 1997), p. 135.</ref> In Germany [[Ougenweide]], originally formed in 1970 as an acoustic folk group, opted to draw exclusively on [[High German]] medieval music when they electrified, setting the agenda for future German electric folk.<ref>S. Winick, ''Dirty Linen'', 128 (February/March 2007).</ref> In Brittany, as part of the [[Celtic rock]] movement, medieval music was focused on by bands like Ripaille from 1977 and Saga de Ragnar Lodbrock from 1979.<ref>D. E. Asbjørnsen, ''Scented Gardens of the Mind'', http://sgm.paullee.ru/sgm-fr.htm, retrieved 29 January 2009.</ref> However, by the end of the 1970s almost all of these performers had either disbanded or moved, like Gentle Giant and Gryphon, into the developing area of [[progressive rock]].<ref>C. Snider, ''The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock'' (Lulu.com, 2008), pp.&nbsp;183–4.{{self-published source|date=February 2020}}</ref>{{self-published inline|date=February 2020}} In the 1990s, as part of the wider resurgence of folk music in general, new medieval folk rock acts began to appear, including the [[Ritchie Blackmore]] project [[Blackmore's Night]], German bands such as [[In Extremo]], [[Subway to Sally]] or [[Schandmaul]] and English bands like [[Circulus (band)|Circulus]].<ref>Dave Simpson, [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jun/29/popandrock.shopping "Boogie knights"], ''The Guardian'' (London), 29 June 2006, retrieved 22 January 2009.</ref>