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I don't know what folk music means anymore, because the meaning of that just keeps changing.

Angel Olsen

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Angel Olsen
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: January 22
Composer
Guitarist
Music Producer
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
St. Louis
Missouri
Keeps
Changing
Anymore
Meaning
Means
Music
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Folk

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