{
  "name": "Folk",
  "description": "Rooted in mostly oral traditions of the peoples of the world, encompassing international Traditional Folk Music as well as Western Contemporary Folk which arose in the 1940s.",
  "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/folk/",
  "sub_genres_count": 2,
  "sub_genres": [
    {
      "name": "Contemporary Folk",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/contemporary-folk/",
      "description": "Generally acoustic and rooted in modernized Traditional Folk Music, originated with the 20th century American folk revival.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Folk"
    },
    {
      "name": "Traditional Folk Music",
      "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/traditional-folk-music/",
      "description": "Informed by a long history of tradition in a specific culture or region, mostly associated with the peasantry and non-aristocratic public.",
      "level": "sub",
      "parent": "Folk"
    }
  ]
}