THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED DEFINITION OF FOLK MUSIC, HAS CHANGED CONSIDERABLY OVER TIME. FOLK MUSIC, IN THE STRICTEST DEFINITION, IS A TRADITIONAL STYLE OF MUSIC, THAT IS MUSIC PERFORMED AND PASSED ON FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT . THE CONTENT WAS MORE OF LOCAL TRADITION; CUSTOMS, HISTORY, FOLKLORE, LESSON ORIENTED, THE OCCASIONAL SLIGHTLY GLAMORIZED STORY