Folk music

thumb|Maria Wiik, Ballad (1898)

music meta-genre encompassing traditional folk music, contemporary folk music (evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival), and derivatives of these two branches

slower emotional type of song within popular music

musical instrument that developed among common people and usually does not have a known inventor

ballad subgenre

A bamboula is a West African-derived rhythm, dance, and percussion instrument or type of drum made from a rum barrel with skin stretched over one end. It is also a dance accompanied by music from these drums.