New York City folk scene

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cultural movement folk music movement music scene

The New York City folk scene was a vibrant mid-20th-century musical and cultural movement centered in places like Greenwich Village, where singers, songwriters, and activists helped popularize contemporary folk music and shape American counterculture.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Greenwich Village folk scene	11
Greenwich Village folk revival	2
Greenwich Village music scene	2
New York City folk scene canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11634779 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: New York City folk scene
Context triple: [Gil Robbins, workedIn, New York City folk scene]

A. New York rock scene
The New York rock scene is the vibrant, influential music community centered in New York City, known especially for its groundbreaking punk, new wave, and alternative rock movements.
B. New York City (fictionalized music scene)
New York City (fictionalized music scene) is a stylized version of New York’s music industry world, depicted as a high-stakes, glamorous, and often ruthless urban backdrop for artists, producers, and record executives.
C. New York School
The New York School was a mid-20th-century avant-garde art movement centered in New York City, best known for its Abstract Expressionist painters and innovative approaches to form, color, and gesture.
D. New York house music scene
The New York house music scene is a vibrant, pioneering movement in electronic dance music known for its soulful, club-oriented sound that emerged from the city’s underground clubs and producers in the 1980s and 1990s.
E. New York no wave
New York no wave was an experimental late-1970s New York City music and art movement known for its abrasive, anti-commercial sound and avant-garde, punk-influenced aesthetics.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York City folk scene
Target entity description: The New York City folk scene was a vibrant mid-20th-century musical and cultural movement centered in places like Greenwich Village, where singers, songwriters, and activists helped popularize contemporary folk music and shape American counterculture.

A. New York rock scene
The New York rock scene is the vibrant, influential music community centered in New York City, known especially for its groundbreaking punk, new wave, and alternative rock movements.
B. New York City (fictionalized music scene)
New York City (fictionalized music scene) is a stylized version of New York’s music industry world, depicted as a high-stakes, glamorous, and often ruthless urban backdrop for artists, producers, and record executives.
C. New York School
The New York School was a mid-20th-century avant-garde art movement centered in New York City, best known for its Abstract Expressionist painters and innovative approaches to form, color, and gesture.
D. New York house music scene
The New York house music scene is a vibrant, pioneering movement in electronic dance music known for its soulful, club-oriented sound that emerged from the city’s underground clubs and producers in the 1980s and 1990s.
E. New York no wave
New York no wave was an experimental late-1970s New York City music and art movement known for its abrasive, anti-commercial sound and avant-garde, punk-influenced aesthetics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement ⓘ folk music movement ⓘ music scene ⓘ
associatedArtForm	poetry readings ⓘ songwriting ⓘ
associatedWith	Bob Dylan ⓘ Dave Van Ronk ⓘ Joan Baez ⓘ Judy Collins ⓘ Odetta ⓘ Pete Seeger ⓘ Peter, Paul and Mary ⓘ Phil Ochs ⓘ Richie Havens ⓘ The Weavers ⓘ Tom Paxton ⓘ
centeredIn	Greenwich Village ⓘ
characteristic	acoustic instrumentation ⓘ coffeehouse performances ⓘ hootenannies ⓘ open mic nights ⓘ politically engaged lyrics ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
culturalRole	center of American folk revival ⓘ hub for left-wing activism ⓘ incubator for singer-songwriters ⓘ
genre	contemporary folk music ⓘ folk music ⓘ protest music ⓘ
influenced	American popular music ⓘ folk rock ⓘ protest song tradition ⓘ singer-songwriter tradition ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ
movement	1960s counterculture ⓘ American folk music revival ⓘ anti–Vietnam War movement ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ linked to: American civil rights movement
notableVenue	Café Wha? ⓘ Gerdes Folk City ⓘ The Bitter End ⓘ The Gaslight Cafe ⓘ linked to: Gaslight Cafe Washington Square Park ⓘ
relatedPlace	Bleecker Street ⓘ Lower Manhattan ⓘ MacDougal Street ⓘ
timePeriod	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ

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