True folk music means songs that tell stories. Stories that are passed down from generation to generation and we often don't know even who the original writer was. American history and American folk music will always be intertwined. If you understand the words in the song, you also understand the feelings of the people at a given moment in time. Maybe it was hate, fear, love, anger or all of those things. There are things we can learn from listening to folk music that you can never learn in a history book. Let's listen to some of these songs and discuss them with Adrian, the Popcorn Club music professor and authority on Americana.真正的民间音乐是指那些讲述故事的歌曲，这些故事代代相传，有些我们甚至不知道原作者是谁。美国历史和民间音乐一般都是交织在一起的，如果你理解歌曲中的歌词，你也就理解了人们在特定时刻的感受。也许是爱恨，也许是恐惧，愤怒等等。我们可以从民间音乐中学到一些历史书上永远学不到的东西。让我们来听一些民间歌曲，并与Popcorn Club 的音乐教授、美国音乐权威Adrian一起讨论一番。